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Atrial Fibrillation - Diagnosis, Causes, Presentations
Causes (PIRATES):
 - Pulmonary embolism 
 - Ischemia (cardiac) 
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(PIRATES): - Pulmonary ... - Ischemia (cardiac ... withdrawal ("holiday heart ... #Fibrillation #AFib ... PIRATES #Emergency #Cardiology
Right Heart Cath - Normal Cardiac Pressures

Right Atrial Pressure (RAP) or Central Venous Pressure (CVP)
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Right Heart Cath ... - Normal Cardiac ... Pressures Right Atrial ... #Pressures #RHC ... #cardiology #diagnosis
POCUS Echocardiography - Table of Cardiac Views and Windows
 • Parastemal Long-Axis View (PLAX)
 • Parasternal
Flow Doppler #Anatomy ... #POCUS #Cardiac ... #TTE #Echocardiogram ... #Heart #Windows ... Echocardiography #Cardiology
Parasternal Short Axis (PSAX) at the level of the Aortic Valve

Phased array transducer; parasternal short axis/indicator
acuity of right heart ... strain (pulmonary ... #echocardiogram ... #clinical #cardiology ... POCUS #labeled #anatomy
Atrial Fibrillation (A-Fib) Summary

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

Why?
Cardiac:
	• Valvular heart
Cardiac: • Valvular ... heart disease ... Noncardiac: • Pulmonary ... (< 5% pts with afibb ... diagnosis #management #cardiology
Right Heart Catheterization Cheat Sheet: Interpretation of Pressures and Waveforms 
Direct measurements
 ● Central venous pressure
Right Heart Catheterization ... PCWP]/CO) ● Cardiac ... /m2) (SVI = CI/heart ... Visualmed #RHC ... CheatSheet #Waveforms #Cardiology
Right-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac Causes - Rule out Left-Sided Heart Failure (Most Common):
Right-Sided Heart ... Diagnosis Algorithm Cardiac ... out Left-Sided Heart ... Arterial Hypertension ... #HeartFailure #Cardiology
Amyloidosis on POCUS Echocardiogram - Parasternal short axis (PSAX)
Pt with systemic AL amyloidosis presents with 1
Amyloidosis on POCUS Echocardiogram ... Parasternal short axis (PSAX ... thickening and biatrial ... appearance of heart ... #Cardiology #PSAX
On a chest film only the outer contours of the heart are seen.
In many cases we
blood from the pulmonary ... . - Left atrial ... just below the pulmonary ... #Anatomy #Radiology ... #Cardiac #Chambers
Amyloidosis on POCUS Echocardiogram - Parasternal long axis (PLAX)
Pt with systemic AL amyloidosis presents with 1
Amyloidosis on POCUS Echocardiogram ... thickening and biatrial ... appearance of heart ... #Amyloidosis #Cardiac ... #Cardiology #PLAX