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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
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intolerance, chest pain, near-syncope ... Cardiac: • Valvular ... #Fibrillation #Cardiology ... #Management #Algorithm
Syncope - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Neurocardiogenic:
 • Vasovagal
 • Orthostatic Hypotension
 • Autonomic Neuropathy
 • Situational (micturition,
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Migraine Cardiac ... Stenosis • Cardiac ... • Sick Sinus Syndrome ... #Syncope #Cardiology
Causes of Pericarditis - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Viral:
 • Coxsackie
 • Echovirus
 • Adenovirus
 • Epstein-Barr virus
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Vasculitis Cardiac ... : • Post-cardiac ... injury syndrome ... #Causes #Cardiology
Mesenteric Ischemia - Differential Diagnostic Schema
Chronic: ASCVD, Venous, Vasculitides 5% (PAN, [E]GPA, IgA, MPA)
Acute
 - Venous
Thrombus / Embolism: Cardiac ... Antiphospholipid syndrome ... hypovolemia), Meds/Treatments ... Differential #Diagnosis #algorithm
Shock - Differential Diagnosis Framework
 - MAP <65. SBP <90, drop in SBP > 40
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Pneumothorax, Cardiac ... Abdominal compartment syndrome ... Dehydration Shock Treatment ... #criticalcare #algorithm ... #treatment #management
ISCHEMIA Trial - Management Algorithm for patients with Stable Angina

Stress Test -> ? +moderate or severe
Trial - Management Algorithm ... LMCA lesion -> Cardiac ... acute coronary syndrome ... Diagnosis #Management #Algorithm ... #Cardiology #EBM
STAGES of CHF (A, B, C, D), however, describe the severity of structural abnormalities that impair
sometimes advanced treatment ... Treatments may include ... : cardiac resynchronization ... #Management #Cardiology ... Stages #ACCAHA #Algorithm
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
Cardiac cath if ... acute coronary syndrome ... #differential #algorithm ... #management #cardiology ... #foamed #heartfailure
Restrictive Cardiomyopathy - Diagnosis and Causes
Clinical: Dyspnea, Exercise Intolerance, ↑ "Right Sided-Symptoms" (ascites, hepatomegaly, ↑↑peripheral edema)
Physical
Echocardiography, Cardiac ... MRI, Cardiac Catheterization ... Hyper-eosinophilc Syndrome ... #differential #cardiology ... #algorithm
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
This becomes a flawed ... of the resting cardiac ... #diagnosis #algorithm ... #criticalcare #foamed ... #treatment