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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
•
Atrial Fibrillation ... exercise intolerance, chest ... Decompensated HF ... Noncardiac: • Pulmonary ... #Management #Algorithm
Supracondylar Elbow Fracture
• Most common elbow fracture in children, peak age 5-7 
• When looking at
posterior) and bone cortex ... anterior sail sign ... can't make A-OK sign ... recommendations MH/CCF ... #Humerus #Radiology
RADIAL HEAD FRACTURE 
Radial head fractures are the most common elbow fracture in adults and are
posterior) and bone cortex ... anterior sail sign ... recommendations MH/CCF ... #Radiology #XRay ... #Diagnosis #Management
Posterior Elbow Dislocation
The elbow is the second most commonly dislocated major joint in adults and the
can't make A-OK sign ... injury • Terrible triad ... fracture • ED Management ... recommendations MH/CCF ... Dislocation #Posterior #Radiology
On a chest film only the outer contours of the heart are seen.
In many cases we
On a chest film ... blood from the pulmonary ... the left heart border ... #Anatomy #Radiology ... Cardiac #Chambers #RadiologyAssistant
Atrial Fibrillation (A-Fib) Summary

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

Why?
Cardiac:
	• Valvular heart
exercise intolerance, chest ... Decompensated HF ... Noncardiac: • Pulmonary ... AFib #diagnosis #management ... #cardiology
Increased pulmonary venous pressure is related to the pulmonary capillary wedge pressure (PCWP) and can be
Increased pulmonary ... features on the chest ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #CHF #CXR #Stages ... #RadiologyAssistant
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
murmur 3/6) - Pulmonary ... disease b) CHF ... days before Pulmonary ... change CV risk Chest ... medical and surgical management
Fleischner Society recommendations for follow-up of nodules
Previous chest radiographs should be reviewed to determine if the
Low probability: Serial ... #Management #Radiology ... #CTChest #Fleischner ... Society #Followup #Pulmonary ... #Nodules #RadiologyAssistant