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Atrial Fibrillation (A-Fib) Summary

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

Why?
Cardiac:
	• Valvular heart
Cardiac: • Valvular ... Decompensated HF ... wide-complex tachycardia: bundle ... Cardioversion 1. ... #diagnosis #management
Cardiac LV Thrombus on Echocardiogram (A4C)
48 year old woman in ICU for acute ischemic limb. PMHx
Cardiac LV Thrombus ... Echocardiogram (A4C ... PMHx recent CHF, ... blood cultures, ... #A4C #clinical
Rheumatic Heart Disease - Mitral Stenosis on Echocardiogram
(1) Thickened and fibrosed MV leaflets - rheumatic etiology
Echocardiogram (1) ... (4) All 4 cardiac ... (7) patient in atrial ... clinical #cardiology #a4c ... #thrombus
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
- Summary 1. ... LVEDd > 6.0 cm, LV thrombus ... timing with Cardio-OB ... months before 1° ... Serial TTE and close
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
Management Summary ... diffusion-perfusion defect (Type 1) ... left heart 3-6 cardiac ... cycles after right atrial ... blood gas (ABC)
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
exam Determine Cardiac ... disease b) CHF ... event, follow ACC ... indication of AC ... surgical management
Blood Product Transfusions One Pager Summary
Type and screen - determines blood type and detects in recipient
- Transfusion Cardiac ... patients with CHF ... RBCs (stored at 4C ... 2,000,000, HTLV 1 ... Transfusions #diagnosis #management
Blood Transfusion Reactions

Immune Mediated:
 • Febrile Non-Hemolytic Transfusion Reaction (FNHTR): Most common immune reaction to transfusion.
• Transfusion Cardiac ... patients with CHF ... Presents as dyspnea ... RBCs (stored at 4C ... Transfusion #diagnosis #management