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Causes of Palpitations
 • ARRHYTHMiA 
 • SINUS ARRYTHMIA 
 • ATRIAL FIBRILLATION 
 • ATRIAL
Causes of Palpitations ... ATRIAL FLUTTER • HEART ... • VENTRICULAR ... PHAEOCHROMOCYTOMA • PULMONARY ... Differential #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Palpitations - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
• It is an unpleasant awareness or sensation that the heart is
Palpitations - Differential ... supraventricular or ventricular ... • Ventricular ... Pheochromocytoma • Pulmonary ... #Cardiology #Differential
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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Symptoms: Palpitations ... • Structural heart ... Noncardiac: • Pulmonary ... #Fibrillation #Cardiology ... #Management #Algorithm
Right Heart Cath - Normal Cardiac Pressures

Right Atrial Pressure (RAP) or Central Venous Pressure (CVP)
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Right Heart Cath ... Venous Pressure (CVP ... -6 mmHg Right Ventricular ... mmHg (Diastolic) Pulmonary ... Pressures #RHC #cardiology
Treatment of Stable Wide-Complex Tachycardia
Regular
 • If ventricular tachycardia or uncertain rhythm:
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Treatment of Stable ... Regular • If ventricular ... If polymorphic ventricular ... #Treatment #management ... #cardiology #algorithm
Abnormal Jugular Venous Pressure Waveforms - Differential Diagnosis
 - Absent a wave - Atrial fibrillation, sinus
atrial myxoma, pulmonary ... dissociation, ventricular ... waves - Large cv ... , severe right heart ... #PhysicalExam #cardiology
Premature Ventricular Complexes (PVC's) - Summary Framework

Why PVCs?  Can be the first manifestation of cardiac
of structural heart ... the heartbeat • Palpitations ... tachycardia • ... more intensive treatment ... #differential #cardiology
STAGES of CHF (A, B, C, D), however, describe the severity of structural abnormalities that impair
sometimes advanced treatment ... Treatments may include ... characteristics; a left ventricular ... #Management #Cardiology ... Stages #ACCAHA #Algorithm
Treatment of Stable Narrow-Complex Tachycardia
Regular Rhythm:
 • Attempt vagal maneuvers
 • Give adenosine 6 milligrams IV
Treatment of Stable ... with caution in pulmonary ... with caution in pulmonary ... #Treatment #management ... #cardiology #algorithm
Right Heart Catheterization Cheat Sheet: Interpretation of Pressures and Waveforms 
Direct measurements
 ● Central venous pressure
Right Heart Catheterization ... pressure (PAp) ● Pulmonary ... ]/CO) ● Pulmonary ... /m2) (SVI = CI/heart ... CheatSheet #Waveforms #Cardiology