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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 ... serum creatinine, test ... TEE to exclude thrombus ... Fibrillation #AFib #diagnosis
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
association • M > F Clinical ... and diplopia) • Vascular ... Disease: Arterial ... (SVC/IVC occlusion ... thrombosis, VTE) • Cardiac
Approach to the Hypercoagulable State
Arterial thromboembolism
→ Cardiac rhythm monitoring, Echocardiogram, Vascular imaging
→ Test for APS, particularly
thromboembolism → Cardiac ... rhythm monitoring, Echocardiogram ... , Vascular imaging ... → Test for APS ... #algorithm #hematology
Renal Cell Carcinoma (RCC) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Clinical features - Classic triad (flank pain, hematuria,
Carcinoma (RCC) - Diagnosis ... Management Summary Clinical ... syndrome (involvement IVC ... initial test: abdominal ... Carcinoma #RCC #Diagnosis
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
intrapulmonary vascular ... shunt (Type 2) Clinical ... left heart 3-6 cardiac ... cycles after right atrial ... 10 minutes of rest
Palpitations - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
• It is an unpleasant awareness or sensation that the heart is
- Differential Diagnosis ... Palpitations Diagnosis ... Nonarrhythmic Cardiac ... myocarditis • Valvular ... palpitations: PVC
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
or dilated) • Valvular ... LVEDd > 6.0 cm, LV thrombus ... and timing with Cardio-OB ... and relief of IVC ... follow-up with Cardio-OB
Amyloidosis - Summary
Group of disorders associated with extracellular deposition of fibrils formed from low-molecular-weight proteins in
Clinical suspicion ... the extent of disease ... activity of factor X, vascular ... Testing: • EKG • Echocardiogram ... disproportionate atrial
Cardiac LV Thrombus on Echocardiogram (A4C)
48 year old woman in ICU for acute ischemic limb. PMHx
Cardiac LV Thrombus ... PMHx recent CHF, IV ... then the next tests ... #Cardiac #LV #Echocardiogram ... #A4C #clinical
Cardiac LV Thrombus on Echocardiogram Short-Axis View (PSAX)
48 year old woman in ICU for acute ischemic
Cardiac LV Thrombus ... PMHx recent CHF, IV ... then the next tests ... #Cardiac #LV #Echocardiogram ... #PSAX #clinical