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Atrial Fibrillation Overview

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

1. Why?
Cardiac:
• Valvular heart disease
•
Atrial Fibrillation ... Overview Symptoms ... exercise intolerance, chest ... Anticoagulation #Atrial #Fibrillation ... #Cardiology #Management
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) - Summary
Overview: 
 • Most common leukemia in adults
 • Disorder of
lymphadenopathy 3) B symptoms ... Splenomegaly 5) Symptoms ... chemotherapy for low-risk disease ... Constitutional symptoms ... hemeonc #diagnosis #management
Cardiac Amyloid - Diagnosis, Signs, Symptoms and Management

Clinical Presentation
- exertional dyspnea
- peripheral edema
- exertional syncope
- peripheral
Diagnosis, Signs, Symptoms ... and Management ... leads) - atrial fibrillation ... - conduction disease ... #Cardiology #Staging
Supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) is an abnormally fast heart rhythm arising from improper electrical activity in upper
types: atrial fibrillation ... Symptoms may include ... of breath, or chest ... Clinical #MedStudent #Cardiology
Algorithm for the Evaluation and Management of Suspected Congenital Heart Disease in Neonates

Neonates with undiagnosed congenital
Evaluation and Management ... Congenital Heart Disease ... congenital heart disease ... with nonspecific symptoms ... Peds #Pediatrics #Cardiology
Atrial Fibrillation (A-Fib) Summary

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

Why?
Cardiac:
	• Valvular heart
A-Fib) Summary Symptoms ... exercise intolerance, chest ... possibly better: • Symptom ... AFib #diagnosis #management ... #cardiology
Myocarditis
Diagnosis 
• Endomyocardial biopsy (gold standard, rarely performed) 
• Clinical presentation 
• Cardiovascular MRI 
Clinical 
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intolerance • Chest ... cardiac death Management ... • Antlviral (lymphocytic ... Myocarditis #Diagnosis #Management ... #Cardiology
Hansen's Disease (Leprosy)
 • Transmission - not completely understood, ?nasal droplets
 • Symptoms appear ~5 years
Hansen's Disease ... nasal droplets • Symptoms ... do not contract disease ... plasma cells, lymphocytes ... Leprosy #diagnosis #management
Aortic Stenosis - Diagnosis and Stages

Clinical Presentation
- Exertional dyspnea
- Chest pain
- Palpitations
- HF Symptoms (orthopnea, PND,
Exertional dyspnea - Chest ... Palpitations - HF Symptoms ... Diagnosis #Stages #Management ... #Signs #Symptoms ... #Cardiology
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA): Extra-articular manifestations
Skin: 
 • Inflammation of skin (esp. over areas of stress) forms
Lymphocytic infiltration ... xeropthalmia) Mouth: • Lymphocytic ... Pericarditis) -> Chest ... interstitial lung disease ... pathophysiology #signs #symptoms