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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
Atrial Fibrillation (A-Fib) Summary

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

Why?
Cardiac:
	• Valvular heart
Atrial Fibrillation ... atria, the size ... atrial thrombus ... 1. ... atrial occlusion
Ventricular Fibrillation on POCUS - Apical 4 Chamber View

A 50-year-old woman with a history of cardiac
Chamber View A 50-year-old ... with a history of cardiac ... with preserved atrial ... #cardiology #clinical ... #a4c #AV #Dissociation
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
Coronary Artery Embolism - Etiology and Scoring
Etiology:
 • Direct: Clot (LV thrombus, LAA Thrombus), Valve (Vegetation,
Paradoxical: Right to Left ... Angiography or Cardiac ... non-culprit vessels • Atrial ... Fibrillation ... PFO, ASD, h/o of cardiac
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
Rheumatic Heart Disease - Mitral Stenosis on Echocardiogram
(1) Thickened and fibrosed MV leaflets - rheumatic etiology
Echocardiogram (1) ... (2) Lvef 25-30% ... (7) patient in atrial ... fibrillation :) ... #a4c #thrombus
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 ... echo in the last year ... postoperative cardiac ... CARP, DECREASE V trials