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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
serum creatinine, test ... for DM Atrial ... Cardioversion 1. ... cardioversion 2. ... diagnosis #management #cardiology
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
Insulin dependent DM ... determine if stress test ... indication of AC ... one post op Cardiology ... CARP, DECREASE V trials
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) ... blood gas (ABC) ... 10 minutes of rest ... - Lizzie Aby, MD
Hemoglobin A1c (glycated hemoglobin) reflects the average blood glucose concentration over the course of the RBC
Complications Trial ... patients with type 1 ... over the past 2 ... include: 1. ... Satyendra Dhar MD
Double Shunt on Echocardiogram
What do you see on this saline contrast study, in a patient with
1. ... Early transit of bubbles ... = PFO 2. ... as RAP>LAP as atrial ... intrapulmonary #cardiology
Giant dilated left atrium on Echocardiogram (a4c)
It belongs to a 92-year old lady with a history
Giant dilated left atrium ... sinus rhythm... 1. ... aneurysm idiopathic. 2. ... Ivan Stankovic, MD ... #clinical #cardiology