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Atrial Fibrillation - Diagnosis, Causes, Presentations
Causes (PIRATES):
 - Pulmonary embolism 
 - Ischemia (cardiac) 
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- Pulmonary embolism ... - Ischemia ( ... #Fibrillation #AFib ... PIRATES #Emergency #Cardiology
ISCHEMIA Trial - Management Algorithm for patients with Stable Angina

Stress Test -> ? +moderate or severe
ISCHEMIA Trial - ... moderate or severe ischemia ... with a stable symptom ... Stable #Angina #ChestPain ... Management #Algorithm #Cardiology
Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiovascular Causes:
 - Outflow Obstruction
     • Aortic
Aortic Stenosis - Ischemic ... Angina - Non-lschemic ... • Pulmonary Embolism ... Radiculopathy #ChestPain ... #Noncardiac #Cardiology
EKG in Acute Pulmonary Embolism
The sensitivity and specificity for EKG findings in acute PE are low.
EKG
Acute Pulmonary Embolism ... cardio-pulmonary symptoms ... Arrhythmia* (e.g., A-Fib ... ECG leads) RV Ischemia ... AcutePE #diagnosis #cardiology
Atrial Fibrillation (A-Fib) Summary

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

Why?
Cardiac:
	• Valvular heart
) Summary Symptoms ... Decompensated HF • New ischemia ... possibly better: • Symptom ... (< 5% pts with afibb ... diagnosis #management #cardiology
Reversible Acute Mesenteric Ischemia - A computed tomographic scan showed jejunal dilatation and thinning of the
Acute Mesenteric Ischemia ... acute mesenteric ischemia ... hemorrhage (Panel B, Video ... His symptoms abated ... healing #Clinical #Radiology