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ECG Basics - Atrial Rhythms #Cardiology #MedStudent #EKG #Atrial #SVT #Comparison #Table #AFib #AFlutter #MAT #WAP
ECG Basics - Atrial ... Rhythms #Cardiology ... MedStudent #EKG #Atrial ... SVT #Comparison #Table ... #AFib #AFlutter
Atrial Fibrillation (A-Fib) Summary

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

Why?
Cardiac:
	• Valvular heart
cardiovascular risk factors ... (< 5% pts with afibb ... dabigatran) • Factor ... #Fibrillation #AFib ... diagnosis #management #cardiology
Causes of Atrial Fibrillation

Heart disease 
 - Aging heart 
 - Cardiomyopathies 
 - Congestive heart
Causes of Atrial ... Extracardiac factors ... Sleep apnea #Atrial ... #Fibrillation #AFib ... #Cardiology #Pathophysiology
Bradycardia - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Management
Narrow Complex Bradycardia:
 • Regular: Sinus Bradycardia, AFib w/ AV
Sinus Bradycardia, AFib ... w/ AV Block, Atrial ... Sinus Arrest, AFib ... Mobitz II AV Block Unstable ... #criticalcare
Treatment of Stable Narrow-Complex Tachycardia
Regular Rhythm:
 • Attempt vagal maneuvers
 • Give adenosine 6 milligrams IV
Treatment of Stable ... caution in pulmonary disease ... caution in pulmonary disease ... underlying cause #Stable ... #algorithm
ISCHEMIA Trial - Management Algorithm for patients with Stable Angina

Stress Test -> ? +moderate or severe
Management Algorithm ... patients with Stable ... outpatient with a stable ... #ISCHEMIA #Stable ... #Cardiology #EBM
Highlighted Conditions With Arteritis or Periarteritis of the Coronaries
Takayasu's arteritis:
 - Onset < 40 yrs
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IgG4-related disease ... Erdheim-Chester disease ... osteosclerosis) - Right atrial ... Differential #Diagnosis #Cardiology ... #Table
Cardioversion of patient’s with hemodynamically stable AF.
**Remember unstable patients should be immediately cardioverted**
#Managment #Cardiology #AFib #AtrialFibrillation
hemodynamically stable ... **Remember unstable ... * #Managment #Cardiology ... #AFib #AtrialFibrillation ... Cardioversion #Algorithm
Clues to Differential Diagnosis of Central Cyanosis: Onset of cyanosis, Clubbing, Secondary erythrocytosis, Auscultation, X-ray, Echocardiography,
Echocardiography, Arterial ... - Pulmonary diseases ... Diagnosis #Central #Cardiology ... #Causes #Table
Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiovascular Causes:
 - Outflow Obstruction
     • Aortic
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Infarction • Stable ... /Unstable Angina ... ChestPain #Noncardiac #Cardiology ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm