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The arrows point to a subendocardial region with poor contrast enhancement due to ischemia. This is
enhancement due to ischemia ... subendocardial ischemia ... #Clinical #EM #IM ... #Cardiology #Radiology ... Subendocardial #Ischemia
Atrial Fibrillation - Diagnosis, Causes, Presentations
Causes (PIRATES):
 - Pulmonary embolism 
 - Ischemia (cardiac) 
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Atrial Fibrillation ... embolism - Ischemia ... enlargement or myxoma ... #Fibrillation #AFib ... PIRATES #Emergency #Cardiology
Causes of Ischemic Stroke - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Important to determine and treat the etiology behind because
Causes of Ischemic ... • Arrhythmias: Afib ... stenosis, Prosthetic valve ... • Structural: myxoma ... gabrieltalledop #Ischemic
PIRATES Mnemonic for the Causes of Atrial Fibrillation

P - Pulmonary Disease, PE
I - Ischemic, Idiopathic
R -
the Causes of Atrial ... Disease, PE I - Ischemic ... #Fibrillation #AFib ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #Cardiology
Atrial Fibrillation on POCUS Echocardiogram (A4C)

35yoF presents with acute onset atrial fibrillation.  POCUS shows dilated
POCUS shows dilated ... mitral valve coaptation ... #Fibrillation #AFib ... #A4C #clinical ... #cardiology
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 ... (< 5% pts with afibb ... Mechanical heart valve ... #Fibrillation #AFib ... diagnosis #management #cardiology
Anticoagulant Therapy after PCI (patients with AFib)
Dual-Therapy Preferred:
 • Triple therapy = increased bleeding
(patients with AFib ... risk outweighed ischemic ... all patients in clinical ... derick_gabel via ACCP Cardiology ... pharmacology #management #cardiology
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
Libman Sacks) • Atrial ... myxoma • Hypercoagulable ... Early embolic/ischemic ... Marantic (NTBE) Differential ... diagnosis #management #cardiology
Parasternal Long Axis view with measurement. Note the right ventricle (RV), interventricular septum (S), left ventricle
ventricle (LV), left atrium ... anterior mitral valve ... to the aortic valve ... #Clinical #EM #Cardiology ... #POCUS #Parasternal
Endocarditis - Overview and Differential Diagnosis Framework

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV
- Overview and Differential ... Libman Sacks) • Atrial ... myxoma • Hypercoagulable ... Early embolic/ischemic ... #Diagnosis #cardiology