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Atrial Fibrillation Overview

Symptoms:
Palpitations, light-headedness, dizziness, dyspnea, exercise intolerance, chest pain, near-syncope, syncope.

1. Why?
Cardiac:
• Valvular heart disease
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Cardiac: • Valvular heart ... • Structural heart ... Noncardiac: • Pulmonary ... #Fibrillation #Cardiology ... #Management #Algorithm
Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction: Management Principles

General Therapeutic Principles:
Reduce the congestive state 
 - Caution
Heart Failure with ... hypertension, pulmonary ... hypertension and right heart ... #Cardiology #HFpEF ... dCHF #Diastolic #Treatment
STAGES of CHF (A, B, C, D), however, describe the severity of structural abnormalities that impair
with end-stage heart ... that augments circulation ... despite the weak heart ... considered for heart ... #Management #Cardiology
Atrial Fibrillation (A-Fib) Summary

Symptoms:
• Palpitations, light-headedness, dizziness, dyspnea, exercise intolerance, chest pain, near-syncope, syncope.

Why?
Cardiac:
	• Valvular heart
: • Valvular heart ... • Structural heart ... possible valvular heart ... • Mechanical heart ... #cardiology
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
The heart consumes ... workloads on the heart ... The faster the heart ... In a healthy heart ... #diagnosis #algorithm
Fetal and Post Transition Circulation

In the fetal circulatory system, oxygenated blood is delivered via the umbilical
into the left atrium ... pulmonary vascular ... end-organs (brain and heart ... Pathophysiology #Cardiology ... #Anatomy #Peds
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
) • Valvular heart ... • Congenital heart ... • Hypertensive heart ... cardiomyopathy • Pulmonary ... #cardiology #treatment
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
a) Ischemic heart ... event, follow ACC algorithm ... - Structural heart ... one post op Cardiology ... indicated unless prior heart
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
Decompensated Heart ... with presence of pulmonary ... #differential #algorithm ... #management #cardiology ... #treatment #table