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Atrial Fibrillation - Diagnosis, Causes, Presentations
Causes (PIRATES):
 - Pulmonary embolism 
 - Ischemia (cardiac) 
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Atrial Fibrillation ... - Diagnosis, Causes ... - Ischemia (cardiac ... withdrawal ("holiday heart ... #AFib #Diagnosis
Causes of Atrial Fibrillation

Heart disease 
 - Aging heart 
 - Cardiomyopathies 
 - Congestive heart
Causes of Atrial Fibrillation ... Abnormalities in cardiac ... apnea #Atrial #Fibrillation ... #AFib #Cardiology ... #Pathophysiology
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 ... heart disease ... control with early Afib ... #AFib #diagnosis
Commotio Cordis 
- Commotio cordis occurs when an object strikes the chest over the heart. It
chest over the heart ... and ventricular fibrillation ... T wave in the cardiac ... Commotio #Cordis #Diagnosis ... #Pathophysiology
Intraoperative Cardiac Defibrillation

Hanin Alashi, CCP @iNeena

#Intraoperative #Cardiac #Defibrillation #CTS #thoracic #surgery #clinical #video #heart #shock
Intraoperative Cardiac ... Intraoperative #Cardiac ... #CTS #thoracic ... #surgery #clinical ... #video #heart #
Widened Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis and Pathophysiology

Pulse pressure is the difference between the systolic blood
Pulse Pressure - Differential ... Diagnosis and Pathophysiology ... developing atrial fibrillation ... developed atrial fibrillation ... #Diagnosis #Pathophysiology
Causes of Palpitations
 • ARRHYTHMiA 
 • SINUS ARRYTHMIA 
 • ATRIAL FIBRILLATION 
 • ATRIAL
ARRYTHMIA • ATRIAL FIBRILLATION ... ATRIAL FLUTTER • HEART ... SYPATHOMIMETICS • CARDIAC ... Palpitations #Causes #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology
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
Abnormal Jugular Venous Pressure Waveforms - Differential Diagnosis
 - Absent a wave - Atrial fibrillation, sinus
Pressure Waveforms - Differential ... Diagnosis - Absent ... wave - Atrial fibrillation ... , severe right heart ... Absent y descent - Cardiac
Hemoptysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Massive Hemoptysis: >150-300 mL in 24h
Airway disease: 
 • Bronchitis, Bronchiectasis, Malignancy
Hemoptysis - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... Goodpasture's, SLE Cardiac ... endocarditis), Heart ... hemorrhage (DAH), AVM, Thoracic