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Inherited Arrhythmia Syndromes
Entity - Prevalence / Incidence - Diagnosis - Arrhythmic Presentation - Management
 • Long
Inherited Arrhythmia ... - Diagnosis - Arrhythmic ... Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia ... • Early Repolarization ... #cardiology #diagnosis
Early and Late Complications of Acute Myocardial Infarction - Timeline of Complications
 - Ventricular Arrhythmias
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Early and Late Complications ... - Ventricular Arrhythmias ... Shock - Stroke - Ischemic ... Pericarditis (Dressler Syndrome ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Mesenteric Ischemia - Differential Diagnostic Schema
Chronic: ASCVD, Venous, Vasculitides 5% (PAN, [E]GPA, IgA, MPA)
Acute
 - Venous
Mesenteric Ischemia ... Antiphospholipid syndrome ... hypovolemia), Meds ... /Treatments (Pressors ... #Diagnosis #algorithm
Arrhythmias - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Bradyarrhythmia (<60 bpm)
 • Sinus Bradycardia
 • Sick Sinus Syndrome
 • SA
Arrhythmias - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Sick Sinus Syndrome ... aberrancy #Arrhythmias ... tachyarrhythmias #Cardiology
Acute and long-term complications of acute STEMI
Acute and long-term complications of acute myocardial infarction are summarized
Ventricular tachycardia ... These arrhythmias ... which are due to ischemia ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology ... Myocardial #Infarction #Early
Premature Ventricular Complexes (PVC's) - Summary Framework

Why PVCs?  Can be the first manifestation of cardiac
syndromes (e.g. ... , long QT syndrome ... • Myocardial ischemia ... more intensive treatment ... #differential #cardiology
EKG in Acute Pulmonary Embolism
The sensitivity and specificity for EKG findings in acute PE are low.
EKG
Drive: • Sinus Tachycardia ... finding) • Atrial Arrhythmia ... stretch especially early ... ECG leads) RV Ischemia ... AcutePE #diagnosis #cardiology
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
with walking to nearly ... labile BP and arrythmias ... urinary retention, tachycardia ... Treatment: • Plasmapheresis ... diagnosis #management #treatment
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 ... Common Sustained Arrhythmia ... Irregular wide-complex tachycardia ... rhythm control with early ... diagnosis #management #cardiology
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
shock and severe arrhythmias ... estrogen products early ... teratogenic GDMT meds ... diagnosis #management #cardiology ... #treatment