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This is ATRIAL FIBRILLATION. Fibrillating right atria and rapid ventricular response.
Pulmonary vein isolation was performed and
This is ATRIAL FIBRILLATION ... AtrialFibrillation #AFib ... #Clinical #Video ... #Heart #OpenHeart ... ThoracicSurgery #RVR
AFib with RVR on Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS) - PLAX

POCUS showing us why this pt's
AFib with RVR on ... RVR was causing ... #clinical #cardiology ... #echocardiogram ... #atrial #fibrillation
Atrial Fibrillation (A-Fib) Summary

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

Why?
Cardiac:
	• Valvular heart
Atrial Fibrillation ... Cardiac: • Valvular ... (< 5% pts with afibb ... AFib #diagnosis ... #management #cardiology
Atrial Fibrillation RVR - Medications
Diltiazem
 • Preferred in patients with chronic lung such as Asthma and
Atrial Fibrillation ... decompensated heart ... #Atrial #Fibrillation ... #AFib #RVR #Medications ... #management #treatment
Ventricular Fibrillation on POCUS - Apical 4 Chamber View

A 50-year-old woman with a history of cardiac
with a history of cardiac ... the transplanted heart ... with preserved atrial ... POCUS #echocardiogram ... #cardiology #clinical
Palpitations - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
• It is an unpleasant awareness or sensation that the heart is
Palpitations - Differential ... fibrillation/flutter ... Nonarrhythmic Cardiac ... /Afib/WPW) • Loss ... Palpitations #Cardiology #Differential
Rheumatic Heart Disease - Mitral Stenosis on Echocardiogram
(1) Thickened and fibrosed MV leaflets - rheumatic etiology
Rheumatic Heart ... (3) RV dysfunction ... (4) All 4 cardiac ... (7) patient in atrial ... fibrillation :)
Hyperthyroidism Overview

Clinical Manifestation of Hyperthyroidism:
 • Fatigue
 • Weight loss
 • Heat intolerance
 • Depression, nervousness
Hyperthyroidism Overview Clinical ... Weight loss • Heat ... Cardiac arrhythmia ... Ophthalmoplegia • Atrial ... fibrillation/flutter
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
Differential Diagnosis ... , LV thrombus, RV ... and timing with Cardio-OB ... Serial TTE and close ... follow-up with Cardio-OB
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
The heart consumes ... of the resting cardiac ... right side as the RV ... algorithm #cardiology #echocardiogram ... #management #clinical