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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 ... exercise intolerance, chest ... Noncardiac: • Pulmonary ... Cardiology #Management
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
Atrial Fibrillation (A-Fib) Summary

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

Why?
Cardiac:
	• Valvular heart
Atrial Fibrillation ... light-headedness, dizziness ... exercise intolerance, chest ... Noncardiac: • Pulmonary ... diagnosis #management #cardiology
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
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 #
Palpitations - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
• It is an unpleasant awareness or sensation that the heart is
flip-flopping in the chest ... fibrillation/flutter ... Pheochromocytoma • Pulmonary ... Lightheadedness/dizziness ... #Palpitations #Cardiology