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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 ... thrombus • Digoxin ... #Fibrillation #AFib ... #diagnosis #management ... #cardiology
This is a parasternal long axis view of a young patient presenting with 3 days of
root, and left atrium ... these can hint at pathology ... Michael Macias, EM ... #Radiology #POCUS ... #CardiacUS #ParsternalLong
Tropical Endomyocardial Fibrosis (EMF)
snrunken ventnoes
Hallmark chronic EMF features include:
 • Apical obliteration of the left and/or
with overlying thrombus ... ventricles and marked atria ... consensus • Eosinophilia ... Fibrosis #EMF #cardiology ... #diagnosis
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
LVEDd > 6.0 cm, LV thrombus ... and timing with Cardio-OB ... Serial TTE and close ... follow-up with Cardio-OB ... #management #cardiology