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Atrial Fibrillation - Diagnosis, Causes, Presentations
Causes (PIRATES):
 - Pulmonary embolism 
 - Ischemia (cardiac) 
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Atrial Fibrillation ... - Ischemia (cardiac ... enlargement or myxoma ... #AFib #Diagnosis ... PIRATES #Emergency #Cardiology
Causes of Atrial Fibrillation

Heart disease 
 - Aging heart 
 - Cardiomyopathies 
 - Congestive heart
Causes of Atrial ... heart failure - Coronary ... heart disease - Myxoma ... Abnormalities in cardiac ... #AFib #Cardiology
Coronary Artery Embolism - Etiology and Scoring
Etiology:
 • Direct: Clot (LV thrombus, LAA Thrombus), Valve (Vegetation,
Fibroelastoma), Mass (Myxoma ... Angiography or Cardiac ... - Most Common Cause ... vessels • Atrial Fibrillation ... scoring #criteria #cardiology
Multi-chamber Myxoma in a case of Carney Complex (CC) on POCUS Echocardiogram
Carney Complex (CC) - characterized
Multi-chamber Myxoma ... in a case of Carney ... skin & mucosa, cardiac ... Echocardiogram #clinical #cardiology ... #a4c #plax
Intracardiac Rhabdomyomas on Echocardiogram

Huge cardiac masses...initially diagnosed in utero, mass just beneath the aortic valve Anguished
Echocardiogram Huge cardiac ... masses...initially ... just beneath the aortic ... Echocardiogram #clinical #cardiology ... #pocus #plax
Palpitations - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
• It is an unpleasant awareness or sensation that the heart is
Arrhythmias: • Atrial fibrillation ... disease (e.g., aortic ... regurgitation • Severe aortic ... /Afib/WPW) • Loss ... #Palpitations #Cardiology
Ventricular Fibrillation on POCUS Echocardiogram - Parasternal Short Axis

50's male witnessed arrest. Unknown hx. AED no
Ventricular Fibrillation ... Fine Vfib can be ... #Ventricular #Fibrillation ... #VFib #PSAX #POCUS ... Echocardiogram #ultrasound #Cardiology
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
exam Determine Cardiac ... risk (>5%): - Aortic ... - Cataract Plan ... one post op Cardiology ... • Preoperative coronary
Lambls Excrescences on Echocardiogram
An incidental finding in a young patient with polyneuritis - there is a
mass, TEE was done ... independent of cardiac ... #Excrescences #psax ... Echocardiogram #clinical #cardiology ... #pocus
Aortic dissection on Cardiac CTA

This is a amazing gated CTA showing a real time cine clip
CTA done for chest ... In this case they ... coronary CTA which ... CCTA #clinical #cardiology ... #radiology #aorta