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Causes of Palpitations
 • ARRHYTHMiA 
 • SINUS ARRYTHMIA 
 • ATRIAL FIBRILLATION 
 • ATRIAL
Causes of Palpitations ... • PREMATURE VENTRICULAR ... • VENTRICULAR ... TACHYCARDIA NON-ARRHYTHMIC ... Differential #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Palpitations - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
• It is an unpleasant awareness or sensation that the heart is
: Arrhythmias: ... supraventricular or ventricular ... or arrhythmia ... • Ventricular ... #Cardiology #Differential
Arrhythmias - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Bradyarrhythmia (<60 bpm)
 • Sinus Bradycardia
 • Sick Sinus Syndrome
 • SA
Arrhythmias - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Escape Rhythm • Ventricular ... • Premature ventricular ... tachyarrhythmias #Cardiology
Algorithm for the Management of Ventricular Tachycardia Electrical Storm
ES diagnosed (≥ 3 episodes of VT/ICD therapies
Algorithm for the ... Tachycardia Electrical ... not terminating arrhythmia ... #Tachycardia #Algorithm ... management #morphology #cardiology
Premature Ventricular Complexes (PVC's) - Summary Framework

Why PVCs?  Can be the first manifestation of cardiac
Cardiomyopathy • Inherited arrhythmia ... the heartbeat • Palpitations ... tachycardia • ... • Sinus arrhythmia ... #differential #cardiology
Atrial Fibrillation (A-Fib) Summary

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

Why?
Cardiac:
	• Valvular heart
Symptoms: • Palpitations ... Common Sustained Arrhythmia ... Irregular wide-complex tachycardia ... disease, left ventricular ... diagnosis #management #cardiology
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy (PPCM)

What is PPCM?
• A form of acute systolic heart failure that develops late in
Characterized by left ventricular ... Cardiogenic shock ⚠️ Arrhythmias ... LVEF <45% • Left ventricular ... congestion on a CXR ... Cardiomyopathy #Cardiology