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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
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 ... #treatment
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
) • Valvular heart ... • Congenital heart ... • Hypertensive heart ... cardiomyopathy • Pulmonary ... #cardiology #treatment
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 ... #foamed #heartfailure
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
Fetal and Post Transition Circulation

In the fetal circulatory system, oxygenated blood is delivered via the umbilical
through the foramen ... pulmonary vascular ... end-organs (brain and heart ... Pathophysiology #Cardiology ... #Anatomy #Peds