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Atrial Fibrillation Overview

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

1. Why?
Cardiac:
• Valvular heart disease
•
Fibrillation Overview Symptoms ... exercise intolerance, chest ... Cardiac: • Valvular ... #Fibrillation #Cardiology ... #Management #Algorithm
Artificial Heart Valve Replacement - Positioning on Chest X-Ray

#HeartValve #Replacement #Positioning #Chest #XRay #radiology #clinical #CXR
Artificial Heart ... Positioning on Chest ... #Positioning #Chest ... #XRay #radiology ... #clinical #CXR
Tetralogy of Falot on Chest X-Ray
Tetralogy of Falot comprises four defects -
1. Ventricular septal defect (VSD)
2.
Tetralogy of Falot on Chest ... develops after birth Chest ... typical boot shaped heart ... Tetralogy #Falot #Chest ... #XRay #CXR #clinical
Diagnostic algorithm for a child or adolescent with suspected pulmonary hypertension. CHD, congenital heart disease; CPET,
CHD, congenital ... heart disease; CPET ... hypertension; CXR ... , chest X-ray; HPAH ... Heart 2016;102:ii1
Congenital absence of the pericardium: 
- CXR: leftward shift of the cardiac silhouette, Snoopy sign, no
leftward shift of the cardiac ... silhouette, Snoopy sign ... displacement of the heart ... #chest #radiology ... #clinical
Calcifications Around the Heart on Chest XRay
Case #1: This appearance is typical of pericardial calcification &
Calcifications Around the Heart ... on Chest XRay Case ... Calcifications #Heart ... #Chest #XRay #CXR ... #clinical
Chest Pain - Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm

History and Exam
Acute life-threatening causes:
 • Acute myocardial infarction
 •
Chest Pain - Diagnosis ... Pulmonary embolism • Cardiac ... ultrasound • CXR ... Serial troponin; HEART ... MatthewHoMD #Chest
STAGES of CHF (A, B, C, D), however, describe the severity of structural abnormalities that impair
with end-stage heart ... III and class IV symptoms ... Treatments may include: cardiac ... #Management #Cardiology ... Stages #ACCAHA #Algorithm
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
Fraction (HFrEF) Clinical ... Chest x-ray: signs ... → no signs of CXR ... Consider cardiac ... diagnosis #management #cardiology
Cardiac incisura
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On the right side of the chest the lung will lie against
right side of the chest ... against the anterior chest ... wall, since the heart ... be seen on many chest ... #Clinical #Radiology