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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
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Cardiac: • Valvular ... heart disease ... • Structural heart ... #Cardiology #Management ... #Algorithm
2017 ACC/AHA/HFSA Focused Update of the 2013 ACCF/AHA Guideline for the Management of Heart Failure: A
2017 ACC/AHA/HFSA ... American College of Cardiology ... Task Force on Clinical ... HeartFailure #Management #CHF ... #treatment #algorithm
Stages in the development of HF and recommended therapy by stage. ACEI indicates angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor;
inhibitor; AF, atrial fibrillation ... disease; CRT, cardiac ... , heart failure; ... Stages #ACCAHA #Algorithm ... #Management #Cardiology
Hemopericardium - Autopsy of Cardiac Tamponade

By @CardioSurgPost

#Hemopericardium #Autopsy #gross #pathology #tamponade #pericardial #effusion #thoracic #cardiology #heart
Hemopericardium - Autopsy of Cardiac ... effusion #thoracic #cardiology ... #heart #cardiac ... #clinical #video
Digoxin effect on Electrocardiogram (EKG)
Digoxin is a cardiac glycoside from the foxglove leaf
Mechanism
 - Inhibits Na-K
Electrocardiogram (EKG ... Digoxin is a cardiac ... Uses: - Atrial fibrillation ... rate control) - Heart ... #Cardiology #Digitalis
Myocarditis
Diagnosis 
• Endomyocardial biopsy (gold standard, rarely performed) 
• Clinical presentation 
• Cardiovascular MRI 
Clinical 
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performed) • Clinical ... intolerance • Chest ... gallop • Abnormal ECG ... shock, sudden cardiac ... Diagnosis #Management #Cardiology
Chest Pain / ACS Evaluation Algorithm
Algorithm that attempts to the use history taking (guided by LRs),
Chest Pain / ACS ... classification, and the HEART ... (+LR 2.6) - Cardiac ... - History - EKG ... #cardiology #Angina
Evaluation of mechanical valves of Total Artificial Heart with no contrast
This is a cardiac CT with
contrast This is a cardiac ... an ECG simulator ... #CardiacCT #CCTA ... #CTS #clinical ... #radiology #cardiology
Supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) is an abnormally fast heart rhythm arising from improper electrical activity in upper
abnormally fast heart ... upper part of the heart ... types: atrial fibrillation ... #Clinical #MedStudent ... #Cardiology #EKG
Commotio Cordis 
- Commotio cordis occurs when an object strikes the chest over the heart. It
over the heart. ... and ventricular fibrillation ... T wave in the cardiac ... Pathophysiology #Cardiology ... #Sudden #Cardiac