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Treatment of Stable Narrow-Complex Tachycardia
Regular Rhythm:
 • Attempt vagal maneuvers
 • Give adenosine 6 milligrams IV
Treat underlying cause ... fibrillation or ... Treat underlying cause ... Tachycardia #Treatment #management ... #cardiology #algorithm
Atrial Fibrillation (A-Fib) Summary

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

Why?
Cardiac:
	• Valvular heart
Atrial Fibrillation ... Cardiac: • Valvular ... Noncardiac: • Pulmonary ... AFib #diagnosis #management ... #cardiology
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy ... exclude other causes ... • Pulmonary embolus ... and timing with Cardio-OB ... #cardiology #treatment
Palpitations - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
• It is an unpleasant awareness or sensation that the heart is
fibrillation/flutter ... Causes: • Cardiomyopathy ... : Medications/Toxins ... Pheochromocytoma • Pulmonary ... #Palpitations #Cardiology
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
Diagnosis and Management ... symptoms are not caused ... General: fever, ... neuropathy or cardiac ... (for example, cardiomyopathy
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
catheter • Recent dental ... Libman Sacks) • Atrial ... Cerebral > Splenic, pulmonary ... Endocarditis #diagnosis #management ... #cardiology
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
fatigue, altered mental ... with presence of pulmonary ... the determined cause ... #cardiology #treatment ... #table #foamed