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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
•
Atrial Fibrillation ... Cardiac: • Valvular ... Decompensated HF ... Noncardiac: • Pulmonary ... #Management #Algorithm
Stages in the development of HF and recommended therapy by stage. ACEI indicates angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor;
inhibitor; AF, atrial ... angiotensin-receptor blocker; CAD ... disease; CRT, cardiac ... ACCAHA #Algorithm #Management ... #Cardiology
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 ... Noncardiac: • Pulmonary ... AFib #diagnosis #management ... #cardiology
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
shunt (Type 2) Clinical ... left heart 3-6 cardiac ... cycles after right atrial ... cirrhosis • Intra-pulmonary ... Can also be seen
This is a parasternal long axis view of a young patient presenting with 3 days of
He had no chest ... root, and left atrium ... Northwestern University #Clinical ... #EM #Radiology ... #POCUS #CardiacUS
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
hemodynamics and cardiac ... with presence of pulmonary ... Cardiac cath if ... differential #algorithm #management ... #heartfailure #chf
There are three principal varieties of pulmonary edema: cardiac, overhydration and increased capillary permeability (ARDS). 
The
principal varieties of pulmonary ... pedicle width (VPW) can ... different forms of pulmonary ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Vascular
On the left a patient with CHF. 
There is an increase in heart size compared to
a patient with CHF ... redistribution of pulmonary ... supine film the cardiac ... old supine films can ... #Clinical #Radiology
Cardiac Tamponade on POCUS
Hypotension in trauma is not always due to hypovolemia. This was a great
Cardiac Tamponade ... for definitive management ... - MH/CCF/CWRU ... #clinical #ultrasound ... #trauma #cardiology
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
Libman Sacks) • Atrial ... : • New cardiac ... Cerebral > Splenic, pulmonary ... Endocarditis #diagnosis #management ... #cardiology