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Jugular Waveform Components 
 • a wave - due to atrial contraction: It occurs just before
wave - due to atrial ... - due to right atrial ... • c wave - caused ... y descent - is caused ... Waveforms #JVP #PhysicalExam
Atrial Fibrillation - Diagnosis, Causes, Presentations
Causes (PIRATES):
 - Pulmonary embolism 
 - Ischemia (cardiac) 
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Atrial Fibrillation ... - Diagnosis, Causes ... Presentations Causes ... Fibrillation #AFib #Diagnosis ... #Causes #Mnemonic
Anatomical Differential Diagnosis for Arrhythmias
 • SA node: Sinus bradycardia, Sick Sinus Syndrome (SSS)
 • AV
Anatomical Differential Diagnosis ... tachycardia • Atria ... : Premature Atrial ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Causes #cardiology
Causes of Hypoxemia- Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Ventilation/perfusion Mismatch
 • Airway Disease (Asthma, COPD)
 • Vascular (PE*)
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Causes of Hypoxemia ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Defect ** • Atrial ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Algorithm #Causes
Causes of Tachycardia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Narrow Complex - Regular:
 • Sinus tachycardia
 • Atrial flutter
Causes of Tachycardia ... - Differential Diagnosis ... tachycardia • Atrial ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Algorithm #Causes
Venous Thrombosis vs Arterial Thrombosis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

VENOUS THROMBOSIS

 • Acquired Risk Factors:
	- >48 hours
- Differential Diagnosis ... thrombus - atrial ... considered in all cases ... coagulation and other causes ... #differential #diagnosis
"The majority of cases of acute mesenteric ischemia are the result of acute arterial occlusion resulting
The majority of cases ... result of acute arterial ... (particularly atrial ... SuperiorMesentericArtery #clinical #Diagnosis
Supraventricular Tachycardia Differential Diagnosis
Sinus Tachycardia
Sinus Node Re-entry Tachycardia
Unifocal Atrial Tachycardia
Junctional Tachycardia
Multifocal Atrial Tachycardia (MAT)

- EB Medicine
Tachycardia Differential Diagnosis ... Tachycardia Unifocal Atrial ... Tachycardia Multifocal Atrial ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #causes #svt #cardiology
Causes of Palpitations
 • ARRHYTHMiA 
 • SINUS ARRYTHMIA 
 • ATRIAL FIBRILLATION 
 • ATRIAL
Causes of Palpitations ... ARRYTHMIA • ATRIAL ... FIBRILLATION • ATRIAL ... #Palpitations #Causes ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Narrow Complex Tachycardias (Simplified)

Irregular Narrow Complex Tachycardia:
 1. Atrial fibrillation
	- Usually the correct answer
 2. Multifocal
Atrial fibrillation ... Multifocal Atrial ... Atrial flutter ... #differential #diagnosis ... #causes #cardiology