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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 ... heart disease ... • Structural heart ... possible valvular heart ... #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
Kussmaul's Sign on Neck Physical Examination

Elderly woman with a history of myocardial revascularization surgery is hospitalized
hospitalized for heart ... embolism, right ventricular ... left systolic heart ... patients after cardiac ... PhysicalExam #Video #Clinical
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
Palpitations - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
• It is an unpleasant awareness or sensation that the heart is
- Differential Diagnosis ... Palpitations Diagnosis ... supraventricular or ventricular ... tachycardia • Ventricular ... /Afib/WPW) • Loss
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
dental procedure • Cardiac ... : • New cardiac ... Antibiotics • Surgery ... Viridans Surgery ... #management #cardiology
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
a) Ischemic heart ... - Structural heart ... Change in clinical ... medical and surgical management ... stratification #diagnosis
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
Intraoperative Cardiac Ischaemia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

If the patient is unconscious, signs of cardiac
, particularly ventricular ... rapidly complete the surgery ... especially in heart ... Intraoperative #Checklist #Diagnosis ... #Management #Workup
Inherited Arrhythmia Syndromes
Entity - Prevalence / Incidence - Diagnosis - Arrhythmic Presentation - Management
 • Long
/ Incidence - Diagnosis ... Presentation - Management ... • Progressive Cardiac ... Structurally Normal Heart ... Arrhythmia #Syndromes #clinical