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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 ... toward the right atrium ... y descent - is caused
Anatomical Differential Diagnosis for Arrhythmias
 • SA node: Sinus bradycardia, Sick Sinus Syndrome (SSS)
 • AV
tachycardia • Atria ... : Premature Atrial ... Flutter (AFL), Atrial ... FAT), Multifocal Atrial ... Differential #Diagnosis #Causes
Venous Thrombosis vs Arterial Thrombosis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

VENOUS THROMBOSIS

 • Acquired Risk Factors:
	- >48 hours
Thrombosis vs Arterial ... • Cardiac: - Atrial ... thrombus - atrial ... considered in all cases ... coagulation and other causes
Atrial Fibrillation - Diagnosis, Causes, Presentations
Causes (PIRATES):
 - Pulmonary embolism 
 - Ischemia (cardiac) 
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Atrial Fibrillation ... - Diagnosis, Causes ... Presentations Causes ... Repiratory disease - Atrial ... Rezapour @prezapour #Atrial
"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
The cardiac cycle describes each heart beat, incorporating relaxation and contraction. Phase one describes diastole and
see above that atrial ... are both low but atrial ... blood when the atria ... at the end of atrial ... the aortic valve closes
Causes of Tachycardia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Narrow Complex - Regular:
 • Sinus tachycardia
 • Atrial flutter
Causes of Tachycardia ... tachycardia • Atrial ... tachycardia • Atrial ... Irregular: • Atrial ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Causes of Hypoxemia- Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Ventilation/perfusion Mismatch
 • Airway Disease (Asthma, COPD)
 • Vascular (PE*)
 •
Causes of Hypoxemia ... • Pulmonary Arterial ... Defect ** • Atrial ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Narrow Complex Tachycardias (Simplified)

Irregular Narrow Complex Tachycardia:
 1. Atrial fibrillation
	- Usually the correct answer
 2. Multifocal
Atrial fibrillation ... Multifocal Atrial ... Atrial flutter ... (Ectopic) Atrial ... differential #diagnosis #causes
Causes of Palpitations
 • ARRHYTHMiA 
 • SINUS ARRYTHMIA 
 • ATRIAL FIBRILLATION 
 • ATRIAL
Causes of Palpitations ... ARRYTHMIA • ATRIAL ... FIBRILLATION • ATRIAL ... TACHYCARDIA • ATRIAL ... #Palpitations #Causes