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Atrial Fibrillation (A-Fib) Summary

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

Why?
Cardiac:
	• Valvular heart
wide-complex tachycardia: bundle ... disease, left ventricular ... Cardioversion 1. ... #diagnosis #management ... #cardiology
Portopulmonary Hypertension
Presence of pulmonary arterial hypertension in a patient with portal hypertension
No other obvious causes (chronic
size, Right atrial ... septum 2) DIAGNOSE ... guanylate cyclase (sGC ... directly stimualtes sGC ... Hypertension #diagnosis #management
Amyloidosis on POCUS Echocardiogram - Subcostal 4 Chamber (S4C)
Pt with systemic AL amyloidosis presents with 1
Subcostal 4 Chamber (S4C ... presents with 1 ... Pt has biventricular ... thickening and biatrial ... #S4C
Negative Contrast Effect in Right Atrium - Differential Diagnosis
1. Small secundum ASD or PFO with left
Effect in Right Atrium ... Differential Diagnosis 1. ... Effect #Right #Atrium ... echocardiogram #s4c ... #pocus #bubble
EKG Interpretation Cheat Sheet
1) Rate 
 - Regular - Count-Off 
 - Irregular - Count number
Waves/Fibrillary = afib ... • Saw-Tooth ... ST Segment: • Septal ... aVF) • Right ventricular ... Arrhythmogenic right ventricular
Double Shunt on Echocardiogram
What do you see on this saline contrast study, in a patient with
1. ... Early transit of bubbles ... as RAP>LAP as atrial ... septum shifts left ... clinical #pocus #a4c