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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 ... light-headedness, dizziness ... Decompensated HF ... Noncardiac: • Pulmonary ... #Fibrillation #Cardiology
Normal Hilar Anatomy on Chest X-Ray
The hilum is 95% vessels and while it is not important
Normal Hilar Anatomy ... branches and the pulmonary ... Pulmonary artery ... #Chest #XRay #CXR ... #clinical #radiology
On a chest film only the outer contours of the heart are seen.
In many cases we
On a chest film ... Left Atrium - Most ... atrium. - Left ... #Anatomy #Radiology ... #CXR #Atrium #Ventricle
Atrial Fibrillation (A-Fib) Summary

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

Why?
Cardiac:
	• Valvular heart
light-headedness, dizziness ... exercise intolerance, chest ... Decompensated HF ... Noncardiac: • Pulmonary ... diagnosis #management #cardiology
Stage I - Redistribution
In a normal chest film with the patient standing erect, the pulmonary vessels
The pulmonary vascular ... good condition (left ... during a period of CHF ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Cephalization
Previous normal chest x-ray (left) and CHF stage II with perihilar haze (right). On the left
Previous normal chest ... x-ray (left) and ... diameter of the pulmonary ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Lateral #
In this illustration the lower lobe arteries are coloured blue because they contain oxygen-poor blood.
They have
horizontally towards the left ... atrium, which is ... level of the main pulmonary ... #Anatomy #Radiology ... #CXR #Lateral #
Congestive heart failure (CHF) is the result of insufficient output because of cardiac failure, high resistance
Left ventricle ( ... illustration on the left ... can be seen on a chest-film ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #CHF #CXR #Features
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
murmur 3/6) - Pulmonary ... disease b) CHF ... days before Pulmonary ... one post op Cardiology ... change CV risk Chest