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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
exercise intolerance, chest ... the right and left ... ventricular hypertrophy, pericardial ... Fibrillation #AFib #diagnosis ... #management #cardiology
Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension (CTEPH) and Pulmonary Thromboendarterectomy
Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension
Definition: mean pulmonary-artery pressure > 25mmHg
Plexiform-lesion formation Clinical ... regurgitation) Diagnosis ... not specific • Chest ... Thrombi Removal → Left ... #management
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
Fraction (HFrEF) Clinical ... un lymphatic Diagnostic ... Chest x-ray: signs ... #heartfailure #diagnosis ... #management #cardiology
Here we see a CT-image.
The azygoesophageal recess is displaced by lymph nodes that compress the left
that compress the left ... atrium. ... The final diagnosis ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #Mediastinal
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
Change in clinical ... change CV risk Chest ... CARP, DECREASE V trials ... medical and surgical management ... stratification #diagnosis
Fleischner Society recommendations for follow-up of nodules
Previous chest radiographs should be reviewed to determine if the
mm depends on clinical ... Low probability: Serial ... definitive tissue diagnosis ... #Management #Radiology ... #CTChest #Fleischner