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Atrial Fibrillation - Diagnosis, Causes, Presentations
Causes (PIRATES):
 - Pulmonary embolism 
 - Ischemia (cardiac) 
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embolism - Ischemia ... (cardiac) - ... Repiratory disease ... myxoma - Thyroid disease ... #Fibrillation #AFib
Intraoperative Cardiac Ischaemia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

If the patient is unconscious, signs of cardiac
Ischaemia - Guidelines ... ischaemia primarily ... ischaemia ❶ ... possible. ❺ If ischaemia ... #Ischemia #Ischaemia
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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Atrial Fibrillation ... Cardiac: • Valvular ... Decompensated HF • New ischemia ... Anticoagulation #Atrial ... Fibrillation #Cardiology #Management
Atrial Fibrillation (A-Fib) Summary

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

Why?
Cardiac:
	• Valvular heart
Cardiac: • Valvular ... Decompensated HF • New ischemia ... (< 5% pts with afibb ... Hemodynamic instability ... #diagnosis #management
PIRATES Mnemonic for the Causes of Atrial Fibrillation

P - Pulmonary Disease, PE
I - Ischemic, Idiopathic
R -
the Causes of Atrial ... P - Pulmonary Disease ... , PE I - Ischemic ... #Fibrillation #AFib ... #Differential #
Venous Thrombosis vs Arterial Thrombosis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

VENOUS THROMBOSIS

 • Acquired Risk Factors:
	- >48 hours
Thrombosis - Differential ... Myeloproliferative disease ... Nephrotic Syndrome, Ischemic ... : - Atrial thrombus ... - atrial fibrillation
Premature Ventricular Complexes (PVC's) - Summary Framework

Why PVCs?  Can be the first manifestation of cardiac
manifestation of cardiac ... • Myocardial ischemia ... • Underlying ischemic ... capture of the atria ... arrhythmia • Atrial
Leg Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Bone/Joint Causes of Leg Pain:
 • Fracture
 • Arthritis
 • Gout/pseudogout
Leg Pain - Differential ... Legg-Calve-Perthes disease ... • PAD • Limb ischemia ... - HIV - Lyme disease ... • Acute limb ischemia
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
: Arterial (MCC-small ... thrombosis, VTE) • Cardiac ... ) Differential Diagnosis ... retinal tears, Ischemia ... Syndrome #diagnosis #management
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
life-threatening diseases ... Inflammatory eye disease ... EGPA) • Digital ischemia ... (UPC) ratio • Cardiac ... #diagnosis #management