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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
•
, syncope. 1. ... Cardiac: • Valvular ... Endocrinopathies 2. ... #Fibrillation #Cardiology ... #Management #Algorithm
Giant dilated left atrium on Echocardiogram (a4c)
It belongs to a 92-year old lady with a history
Echocardiogram (a4c ... sinus rhythm... 1. ... aneurysm idiopathic. 2. ... #atrium #a4c #Echocardiogram ... #pocus
Cardiac metastasis of lung cancer (2D/3D TTE)

What is the most common type of cancer to metastasize
metastasize to the heart ... metastasize (>1/ ... 2 melanoma cases ... echocardiogram #pocus ... #a4c #3d
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
exam Determine Cardiac ... algorithm to determine ... echo in the last year ... postoperative cardiac ... medical and surgical management
Indications for Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator (ICD) in Patients with Ischemic Heart Disease (IHD) to Prevent Sudden Cardiac
with Ischemic Heart ... meaningful survival >1 ... year expected ... • Low left ventricular ... on EP study #AICD
Atrial Fibrillation (A-Fib) Summary

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

Why?
Cardiac:
	• Valvular heart
Cardiac: • Valvular ... Cardioversion 1. ... cardioversion 2. ... AFib #diagnosis #management ... #cardiology
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
Cardiomyopathy - Summary 1. ... other causes* 2. ... and timing with Cardio-OB ... Avoid ARBs • ICD ... months before 1°
Double Shunt on Echocardiogram
What do you see on this saline contrast study, in a patient with
1. ... septum shifts left ... PVeins (extra-cardiac ... Echocardiogram #clinical #pocus ... #a4c #intrapulmonary