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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 ... Noncardiac: • Pulmonary ... #Fibrillation #Cardiology ... #Management #Algorithm
Treatment of Stable Narrow-Complex Tachycardia
Regular Rhythm:
 • Attempt vagal maneuvers
 • Give adenosine 6 milligrams IV
with caution in pulmonary ... Treat underlying cause ... Treat underlying cause ... Tachycardia #Treatment #management ... #cardiology #algorithm
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
exclude other causes ... cardiomyopathy • Pulmonary ... with Cardio-OB team ... with Cardio-OB team ... #cardiology #treatment
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
with presence of pulmonary ... the determined cause ... #differential #algorithm ... #management #cardiology ... heartfailure #chf #criticalcare
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
treat the primary cause ... may not be the case ... #diagnosis #algorithm ... #management #clinical ... #criticalcare #
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
treat the primary cause ... may not be the case ... #diagnosis #management ... l#foamed #algorithm ... #criticalcare
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
murmur 3/6) - Pulmonary ... event, follow ACC algorithm ... echo in the last year ... days before Pulmonary ... medical and surgical management
Sjogren's Syndrome Overview

Epidemiology:
• F > M: 9:1
• 5-6th Decades (can be any age)

Autoimmune exocrinopathy multisystemic disease
Hypocomplementemia • Can cause ... , INC risk PE, Pulmonary ... Symptomatic: artificial tears ... Sjogrens #Syndrome #Rheumatology ... #Diagnosis #Management
Clarkson’s Disease - Capillary leak syndrome
Epidemiology: Roughly 150 published cases, Median age 50 years, No sex
150 published cases ... filling +++ (risk of pulmonary ... month at least 1 year ... syndrome #diagnosis #management ... timeline #treatment #rheumatology
Acute Recurrent Pericarditis
= recurrence of Acute Pericarditis (AP) after free interval >4-6 weeks without symptoms, >1/4
symptoms, >1/4 of AP cases ... Systemic symptoms: pulmonary ... Pericarditis #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #rheumatology ... #cardiology