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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 ... chest pain, near-syncope ... , syncope. 1. ... Cardiac: • Valvular ... Cardiology #Management #Algorithm
Atrial flutter with AV block on Echocardiogram

Ivan Stankovic, MD, PhD @Ivan_Echocardio

#Atrial #Flutter #PLAX #psax #Echocardiogram #clinical
Atrial flutter with ... Ivan_Echocardio #Atrial ... #Flutter #PLAX ... clinical #cardiology #pocus
Tachycardia - Differential Diagnosis and Management - Narrow vs Wide, Regular vs Irregular
Narrow - Regular:
Use P
If see flutter p ... • Atrial Flutter ... see P, either Flutter ... If not Flutter P ... #wide #narrow #algorithm
Causes of Tachycardia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Narrow Complex - Regular:
 • Sinus tachycardia
 • Atrial flutter
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... tachycardia • Atrial ... flutter • AV ... flutter with variable ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Syncope - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Neurocardiogenic:
 • Vasovagal
 • Orthostatic Hypotension
 • Autonomic Neuropathy
 • Situational (micturition,
Syncope - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Migraine Cardiac ... Stenosis • Cardiac ... VFib • AFib/AFlutter
Abnormal Jugular Venous Pressure Waveforms - Differential Diagnosis
 - Absent a wave - Atrial fibrillation, sinus
Absent a wave - Atrial ... tachycardia - Flutter ... waves - Atrial ... flutter - Prominent ... Absent y descent - Cardiac
Arrhythmias - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Bradyarrhythmia (<60 bpm)
 • Sinus Bradycardia
 • Sick Sinus Syndrome
 • SA
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Premature atrial ... Monofocal Ectopic Atrial ... • Multifocal Atrial ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Causes of Palpitations
 • ARRHYTHMiA 
 • SINUS ARRYTHMIA 
 • ATRIAL FIBRILLATION 
 • ATRIAL
ARRYTHMIA • ATRIAL ... FIBRILLATION • ATRIAL ... FLUTTER • HEART ... TACHYCARDIA • ATRIAL ... SYPATHOMIMETICS • CARDIAC
Treatment of Stable Narrow-Complex Tachycardia
Regular Rhythm:
 • Attempt vagal maneuvers
 • Give adenosine 6 milligrams IV
convert - Possible atrial ... flutter, ectopic ... atrial tachycardia ... flutter or MAT ... management #cardiology #algorithm
POCUS Pearls for Tamponade
- Pericardial Effusion
- Diastolic Right Ventricular Collapse
- Systolic Right Atrial Collapse
- Plethoric Inferior
POCUS Pearls for ... Systolic Right Atrial ... Vena Cava #Cardiac ... #Tamponade #POCUS