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Atrial Fibrillation (A-Fib) Summary

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

Why?
Cardiac:
	• Valvular heart
cardioversion 2. ... Anticoagulation: • Initial heparin ... severe mitral stenosis ... AFib #diagnosis #management ... #cardiology
Rheumatic Heart Disease - Mitral Stenosis on Echocardiogram
(1) Thickened and fibrosed MV leaflets - rheumatic etiology
on Echocardiogram ... (2) Lvef 25-30% ... (7) patient in atrial ... #clinical #cardiology ... #a4c #thrombus
Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC) Overview

Increased Clotting and Consumption of Clotting Factors

Findings:
 • Bleeding
 • Recent history
• Increased thrombin ... organ damage Clinical ... CNS involvement (2% ... DIC • Severe Liver ... causes #treatment #management
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
or family - Ever ... Change in clinical ... Severe Aortic stenosis ... change CV risk Chest ... medical and surgical management
Amyloidosis - Summary
Group of disorders associated with extracellular deposition of fibrils formed from low-molecular-weight proteins in
2. ... Hepatosplenomegaly & hepatic ... Testing: • EKG • Echocardiogram ... disproportionate atrial ... Diagnostic imaging of liver
Double Shunt on Echocardiogram
What do you see on this saline contrast study, in a patient with
Double Shunt on Echocardiogram ... with end-stage liver ... bubbles = PFO 2. ... as RAP>LAP as atrial ... #clinical #pocus
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
has five major clinical ... Rhinocerebral 2) ... Increased protein level ... normal glucose level ... Fungal #Diagnosis #Management