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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 ... Irregularly irregular ventricular ... (< 5% pts with afibb ... disease, left ventricular ... #diagnosis #management
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 ... the absence of treatment ... #Clinical #MedStudent
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
Myocarditis 

5 Principles of
Myocarditis:
1. Build clinical suspicion
2. Decide on EMBx
3. Manage acute cardiac injury
4. Manage chronic
Build clinical suspicion ... myocarditis Clinical ... Low voltage Treatment ... #Myocarditis #diagnosis ... #management #cardiology
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
Classification of Tumor Lysis Syndrome (TLS) and Treatment of Metabolic Abnormalities of TLS
Laboratory TLS:
 • Uric
Syndrome (TLS) and Treatment ... Calcium ≤ 7.0 mg/dL Clinical ... age and sex) • Cardiac ... Syndrome #TLS #diagnosis ... #management #oncology
Syncope is a sudden, transient loss of consciousness, which is thought to be secondary to cerebral
be divided into cardiac ... or structural heart ... further guide management ... should be guided by clinical ... The treatment strategy
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
Decompensated Heart ... hemodynamics and cardiac ... & Dry) is the treatment ... Cardiac cath if ... #algorithm #management
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
Clinical • Under-recognized ... and timing with Cardio-OB ... support for patients clinically ... follow-up with Cardio-OB ... #treatment
Inherited Arrhythmia Syndromes
Entity - Prevalence / Incidence - Diagnosis - Arrhythmic Presentation - Management
 • Long
/ Incidence - Diagnosis ... Presentation - Management ... • Progressive Cardiac ... Structurally Normal Heart ... Arrhythmia #Syndromes #clinical