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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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Atrial Fibrillation ... , syncope. 1. ... Cardiac: • Valvular ... Endocrinopathies 2. ... Anticoagulation #Atrial
Giant dilated left atrium on Echocardiogram (a4c)
It belongs to a 92-year old lady with a history
atrium on Echocardiogram ... sinus rhythm... 1. ... aneurysm idiopathic. 2. ... #atrium #a4c #Echocardiogram ... #pocus
Atrial Fibrillation (A-Fib) Summary

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

Why?
Cardiac:
	• Valvular heart
Atrial Fibrillation ... risk factors Atrial ... atria, the size ... atrial thrombus ... atrial occlusion
This is a parasternal long axis view of a young patient presenting with 3 days of
Beside ultrasound ... the OR in under 1 ... aortic root, and left ... atrium should roughly ... #POCUS #CardiacUS
Negative Contrast Effect in Right Atrium - Differential Diagnosis
1. Small secundum ASD or PFO with left
Effect in Right Atrium ... ASD or PFO with left ... to right shunt 2. ... Effect #Right #Atrium ... #pocus #bubble
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
diffusion-perfusion defect (Type 1) ... anatomic shunt (Type 2) ... Microbubbles appear in left ... heart 3-6 cardiac ... cycles after right atrial
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
Assess functional ... exam Determine Cardiac ... algorithm to determine ... echo in the last year ... postoperative cardiac
Double Shunt on Echocardiogram
What do you see on this saline contrast study, in a patient with
as RAP>LAP as atrial ... septum shifts left ... PVeins (extra-cardiac ... Echocardiogram #clinical #pocus ... #a4c #intrapulmonary