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Atrial Fibrillation (A-Fib) Summary

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

Why?
Cardiac:
	• Valvular heart
Cardiac: • Valvular ... control with early Afib ... (< 5% pts with afibb ... #Fibrillation #AFib ... #diagnosis #management
Myocarditis
Diagnosis 
• Endomyocardial biopsy (gold standard, rarely performed) 
• Clinical presentation 
• Cardiovascular MRI 
Clinical 
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Myocarditis Diagnosis ... performed) • Clinical ... Cardiovascular MRI Clinical ... shock, sudden cardiac ... death Management
American College of Critical Care Medicine algorithm for time-sensitive, goal-directed stepwise management of hemodynamic support in
American College of Critical ... goal-directed stepwise management ... except congenital heart ... lesions), and cardiac ... Shock #Algorithm #CriticalCare
Ventricular fibrillation (V-fib or VF) is when the heart quivers instead of pumps due to disorganized
Ventricular fibrillation ... when the heart ... It results in cardiac ... Ventricular fibrillation ... #Clinical #MedStudent
Endocarditis checklist
Initial evaluation
 • Peripheral blood cultures (three sets at three different sites)
 • Additional culture
fistula causing heart ... telemetry for heart ... Internet Book of Critical ... Endocarditis #checklist #criticalcare ... #diagnosis #management
Ventricular Fibrillation on POCUS - Apical 4 Chamber View

A 50-year-old woman with a history of cardiac
Ventricular Fibrillation ... with a history of cardiac ... the transplanted heart ... #VFib #Ventricular ... echocardiogram #cardiology #clinical
Shock Types - Classification
State of cellular and tissue hypoxia due to: reduced oxygen delivery, increased oxygen
decompensated heart ... venous return/ventricular ... pneumothorax, cardiac ... Classification #types #diagnosis ... #management #criticalcare
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical ... overload with heart ... Management ● Early ... Summary #CheatSheet #Diagnosis ... #Management #CriticalCare
Inherited Arrhythmia Syndromes
Entity - Prevalence / Incidence - Diagnosis - Arrhythmic Presentation - Management
 • Long
/ Incidence - Diagnosis ... Presentation - Management ... • Progressive Cardiac ... Structurally Normal Heart ... Arrhythmia #Syndromes #clinical
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
Decompensated Heart ... hemodynamics and cardiac ... Cardiac cath if ... #algorithm #management ... heartfailure #chf #criticalcare