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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
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• New ischemia ... Noncardiac: • Pulmonary ... Anticoagulation ... Fibrillation #Cardiology #Management ... #Algorithm
Stroke Evaluation and Management Algorithm

Clinical suspicion of stroke (BE FAST)
 • Balance loss
 • Eyes: vision
Evaluation and Management ... Algorithm Clinical ... Immediate Workup Ischemic ... #Algorithm #diagnosis ... #differential #neurology
Indications for tPA in Stroke:
 • Clinical diagnosis of ischemic stroke
 • Measurable neurologic deficit
 •
in Stroke: • Clinical ... diagnosis of ischemic ... • Therapeutic anticoagulation ... #Stroke #cva #management ... #neurology
Restarting Anticoagulation after TIA or Acute Ischemic Stroke

 • TIA → Consider (re-) starting a NOAC
Restarting Anticoagulation ... after TIA or Acute Ischemic ... worsening or clinical ... #Stroke #CVA #neurology ... #management
Chest Pain Diagnosis and Management Algorithm
STEMI:
 - Hx: Pressure like CP, Radiation to arm/jaw, CAD risk
Diagnosis and Management ... Algorithm STEMI ... deficit, Limb ischemia ... Pulmonary Embolism ... COPD, asthma, CF
Atrial Fibrillation (A-Fib) Summary

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

Why?
Cardiac:
	• Valvular heart
Decompensated HF ... • New ischemia ... Noncardiac: • Pulmonary ... β-blocker or CCB Anticoagulation ... AFib #diagnosis #management
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
history of: a) Ischemic ... disease b) CHF ... event, follow ACC algorithm ... Change in clinical ... Anticoagulation
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
, with ensuing ischemia ... has five major clinical ... fungal stain of clinical ... MC: CNS CSF: • ... Fungal #Diagnosis #Management
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
cardiomyopathy • Pulmonary ... Clinical • Under-recognized ... May have typical HF ... suggest prophylactic anticoagulation ... support for patients clinically
Possible approach to empiric anticoagulation in COVID-19

Is D-dimer above '"1,000-2,000 ng/ml?
Contraindication to anticoagulation?
Check fibrinogen level and/or
approach to empiric anticoagulation ... Internet Book of Critical ... #COVID19 #management ... #schema #criticalcare ... #algorithm #SARSCOV2