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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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Valvular heart disease ... Structural heart disease ... New ischemia Noncardiac ... : • Pulmonary disease
Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiovascular Causes:
 - Outflow Obstruction
     • Aortic
Gastro-Esophageal Reflux Disease ... • Biliary Disease ... • Peptic Ulcer Disease ... #ChestPain #Noncardiac
Syncope is a sudden, transient loss of consciousness, which is thought to be secondary to cerebral
structural heart disease ... life-threatening), and noncardiac ... the underlying disease
Atrial Fibrillation (A-Fib) Summary

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

Why?
Cardiac:
	• Valvular heart
Valvular heart disease ... Structural heart disease ... New ischemia Noncardiac ... • Pulmonary disease ... valvular heart disease
Causes of Renal Infarction - Differential Diagnosis
Thrombosis: Spontaneous
 • Atherosclerotic disease of aorta and renal artery
Atherosclerotic disease ... arteritis, Kawasaki disease ... • Inflammatory disease ... valvular heart disease ... or other tumor Noncardiac
Radiographic appearances of pulmonary diseases in HIV/AIDS Patients
 • Diffuse Interstitial Infiltrates: Pneumocystis jirovecii, M.tuberculosis, Histoplasma
appearances of pulmonary diseases ... ARDS, Metastatic disease ... H.capsultaum, Nocardia ... Aspergillus spp., Nocardia ... Infectious Diseases
Cavitary Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm
Acute / Subacute:
 • Acute Infections: Lung abscess,
Cavitary Lung Disease ... Fungal Infection, Nocardia ... Metastatic lung disease ... Cavitary #Lung #Disease
CNS Ring-Enhancing Lesions - Immunocompromised vs Immunocompetent
Multiple Ring-Enhancing Lesions:
 • Toxoplasmosis (CD4 < 100)
 • Other
lymphoproliferative disease ... Pyogenic Abscess • Nocardia ... • Metastatic disease ... demyelinating diseases
Approach to Perioperative Cardiovascular Evaluation for Patients underqoinq Noncardiac Surgery
1. Emergent Surgery?
2. Risk Stratify eg NSQIP
3.
Patients underqoinq Noncardiac
Causes of Culture Negative Abscess - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Consider prior antibiotics as a cause of a
- Fastidious: Nocardia ... gonorrhoeae, bartonella, nocardia ... Autoimmune: Crohn's disease ... Burkholderia, Nocardia