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Atrial Fibrillation - Rate Control and Rhythm Control - Management

Infographic by Dr. Pouria Rezapour @prezapour 

#Atrial
Atrial Fibrillation ... Rhythm Control - Management ... @prezapour #Atrial ... Cardioversion #Emergency #Cardiology ... #Indications #Management
Atrial Fibrillation - Management Principles

1) TREAT ANY IDENTIFIED PRECIPTANT(S) 
2) RATE OR RHYTHM CONTROL 
3) ANTICOAGULATION
Atrial Fibrillation ... - Management Principles ... #Fibrillation #Management ... #Emergency #Cardiology ... Disposition #Admission #Indications
TTH48 - Targeted Temperature Management for 48 vs 24 Hours and Neurologic Outcome After Out-of-Hospital Cardiac
vs 24 Hours and Neurologic ... - A Randomized Clinical ... Trial JAMA. ... improve 6-month neurologic ... #TTM48 #TTH48 #CriticalCare
TOPCAT - Spironolactone for Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction

N Engl J Med 2014; 370:1383-1392 https://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMoa1313731

CONCLUSIONS:
of death from cardiovascular ... hospitalization for the management ... #HFpEF #dCHF #Cardiology ... VisualAbstract #Trial
Recent studies have revealed many attractive therapeutic options, even if some of them remain to be
preclinical models and clinical ... trials #covid19 ... #sarscov2 #management ... #coronavirus #medications
Myocarditis
Diagnosis 
• Endomyocardial biopsy (gold standard, rarely performed) 
• Clinical presentation 
• Cardiovascular MRI 
Clinical 
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performed) • Clinical ... presentation • Cardiovascular ... MRI Clinical ... cardiac death Management ... #Cardiology
Indications for tPA in Stroke:
 • Clinical diagnosis of ischemic stroke
 • Measurable neurologic deficit
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in Stroke: • Clinical ... • Measurable neurologic ... anticoagulation • Arterial ... #Stroke #cva #management ... #neurology
Bradycardia - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Management
Narrow Complex Bradycardia:
 • Regular: Sinus Bradycardia, AFib w/ AV
Framework and Management ... AFib w/ AV Block, Atrial ... Unstable Bradycardia Management ... epinephrine 4) Page Cardiology ... #cardiology #criticalcare
Atrial Fibrillation (A-Fib) Summary

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

Why?
Cardiac:
	• Valvular heart
Atrial Fibrillation ... Afib and pts with cardiovascular ... Absolute warfarin indications ... AFib #diagnosis #management ... #cardiology
POLAR Randomized Clinical Trial - Effect of Early Sustained Prophylactic Hypothermia on Neurologic Outcomes Among Patients
POLAR Randomized Clinical ... Trial - Effect ... Hypothermia on Neurologic ... did not improve neurologic ... Hypothermia #TBI #CriticalCare