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Valvular vs Non-Valvular Atrial Fibrillation - Classification
Valvular:
 • Presence of moderate-to-severe mitral stenosis or artificial (mechanical)
vs Non-Valvular Atrial ... or a mechanical heart ... #Fibrillation #AFib ... #Classification ... #diagnosis #cardiology
Atrial Fibrillation - Diagnosis, Causes, Presentations
Causes (PIRATES):
 - Pulmonary embolism 
 - Ischemia (cardiac) 
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- Diagnosis, Causes ... - Ischemia (cardiac ... withdrawal ("holiday heart ... #Fibrillation #AFib ... PIRATES #Emergency #Cardiology
Newly Diagnosed Atrial Fibrillation - Management Algorithm

 • Rate Control
 • Rhythm Control
 • Anticoagulation

Matthew Ho,
Newly Diagnosed ... Atrial Fibrillation ... - Management Algorithm ... #Algorithm #cardiology ... #AFib
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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Atrial Fibrillation ... Cardiac: • Valvular ... heart disease ... #Fibrillation #Cardiology ... #Management #Algorithm
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 ... #Fibrillation #AFib ... #diagnosis #management ... #cardiology
Tachycardia - Differential Diagnosis and Management - Narrow vs Wide, Regular vs Irregular
Narrow - Regular:
Use P
- Differential Diagnosis ... and Management ... • Atrial Flutter ... #Management #cardiology ... #wide #narrow #algorithm
Myocardial Injury Classification
Chronic myocardial injury: Chronic heart failure, Cardiomyopathy, Hypertension, CKD/ESRD
Acute nonischemic myocardial injury:
 - Primary
Myocardial Injury Classification ... injury: Chronic heart ... - Primary non-cardiac ... illness: Critical ... #diagnosis #cardiology
Stages in the development of HF and recommended therapy by stage. ACEI indicates angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor;
inhibitor; AF, atrial ... disease; CRT, cardiac ... failure; HFpEF, heart ... Stages #ACCAHA #Algorithm ... #Management #Cardiology
Chest Pain / ACS Evaluation Algorithm
Algorithm that attempts to the use history taking (guided by LRs),
Diamond-Forrester classification ... , and the HEART ... (+LR 2.6) - Cardiac ... ACS #Evaluation #diagnosis ... #Algorithm #cardiology
ISCHEMIA Trial - Management Algorithm for patients with Stable Angina

Stress Test -> ? +moderate or severe
Management Algorithm ... LMCA lesion -> Cardiac ... Angina #ChestPain #Diagnosis ... #Management #Algorithm ... #Cardiology #EBM