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Atrial Fibrillation - Diagnosis, Causes, Presentations
Causes (PIRATES):
 - Pulmonary embolism 
 - Ischemia (cardiac) 
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embolism - Ischemia ... (cardiac) - ... enlargement or myxoma ... #Fibrillation #AFib ... #Cardiology
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 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
Cardiac: • Valvular ... Decompensated HF • New ischemia ... Mechanical heart valve ... #Fibrillation #AFib ... diagnosis #management #cardiology
EKG in Acute Pulmonary Embolism
The sensitivity and specificity for EKG findings in acute PE are low.
EKG
other causes of cardio-pulmonary ... Arrhythmia* (e.g., A-Fib ... also a result of atrial ... ECG leads) RV Ischemia ... AcutePE #diagnosis #cardiology
Multi-chamber Myxoma in a case of Carney Complex (CC) on POCUS Echocardiogram
Carney Complex (CC) - characterized
Multi-chamber Myxoma ... Complex (CC) on POCUS ... skin & mucosa, cardiac ... NephroPOCUS @NephroP #Atrial ... #clinical #cardiology
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
• Prosthetic valve ... Libman Sacks) • Atrial ... myxoma • Hypercoagulable ... Early embolic/ischemic ... 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
This is a parasternal long axis view of a young patient presenting with 3 days of
root, and left atrium ... Michael Macias, EM ... Northwestern University #Clinical ... #EM #Radiology ... #POCUS #CardiacUS
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