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Atraumatic Collapsed Athlete - Suggested Algorithm for Collapsed Athlete

In this review, the authors review that the
the most common causes ... vast majority are cardiac-related ... and then other arrhythmic ... The non-cardiac ... causes include (
Causes of Palpitations
 • ARRHYTHMiA 
 • SINUS ARRYTHMIA 
 • ATRIAL FIBRILLATION 
 • ATRIAL
Causes of Palpitations ... • ARRHYTHMiA ... SYPATHOMIMETICS • CARDIAC ... #Palpitations #Causes ... #Differential #
Arrhythmias - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
May present as: palpitations, dizziness, syncope, chest discomfort
Cardiac Causes:
 - Structural
Arrhythmias - Differential ... chest discomfort Cardiac ... previous MI) Non-Cardiac ... Anxiety Disorder #Arrhythmias ... #Cardiology #Differential
Causes of acute heart failure
 - Acute pressure overload (increased afterload, mechanical flow obstruction) 
 -
Causes of acute ... impairment - Cardiac ... arrhythmias ... Heart #Failure #Differential ... #Causes #Diagnosis
Syncope - Differential Diagnosis
The percentage of syncopal events secondary to arrhythmias or structural disease is generally
Syncope - Differential ... events secondary to arrhythmias ... Volume depletion Cardiac ... arrhythmia - 11% ... #diagnosis #causes
Myocarditis - Diagnosis and Causes
 • Clinical presentation: Pseudo-acute coronary syndrome, Cardiac failure <3 rnonths, Cardiogenic
coronary syndrome, Cardiac ... Cardiogenic ventricular arrythmia ... Troponin Increases, Cardiac ... pericarditis • Rule out differential ... #Myocarditis #differential
Loss of Consciousness in Syncope - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Syncopal causes:
• Orthostatic syncope
• Reflex syncope
• Cardiac arrhythmia
•
Consciousness in Syncope - Differential ... Framework Syncopal causes ... Reflex syncope • Cardiac ... arrhythmia • Structural ... Nonsyncopal causes
Syncope is a sudden, transient loss of consciousness, which is thought to be secondary to cerebral
be divided into cardiac ... , e.g., due to arrhythmias ... syncope (ruling out differential ... further guide management ... cerebralhypoperfusion #arrhythmias
Causes of Sudden Unexpected Death in Infancy (SUDI) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Congenital Anomaly / Disorder:
 •
Causes of Sudden ... Infancy (SUDI) - Differential ... Disorder: • Cardiac ... Anomaly • Cardiac ... Arrhythmia
Causes of Dizziness / Lightheadedness - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Lightheaded, unsteady, disoriented - Non-vertigo
Organic Disease
 • Presyncope/Vasodepressor
Causes of Dizziness ... Lightheadedness - Differential ... Vasodepressor Syncope • Cardiac ... Arrhythmia • ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes