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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 ... Cardiac: • Valvular ... Decompensated HF ... #Fibrillation #Cardiology ... #Management #Algorithm
Stages in the development of HF and recommended therapy by stage. ACEI indicates angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor;
inhibitor; AF, atrial ... disease; CRT, cardiac ... #CHF #Congestive ... ACCAHA #Algorithm #Management ... #Cardiology
Right-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac Causes - Rule out Left-Sided Heart Failure (Most Common):
Diagnosis Algorithm Cardiac ... Regurgitation - Pericardium ... Primary Pulmonary Arterial ... Veno-Occlusive Disease #RHF ... #HeartFailure #Cardiology
TOPCAT - Spironolactone for Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction

N Engl J Med 2014; 370:1383-1392 https://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMoa1313731

CONCLUSIONS:
causes, aborted cardiac ... hospitalization for the management ... Spironolactone #HFpEF #dCHF ... #Cardiology #EBM ... VisualAbstract #Trial
Interphalangeal Joint Dislocation
Interphalangeal joint dislocations almost always occur dorsally, look for associated avulsion fractures! Here's a
Hyperextension injury with axial ... tendon) • ED Management ... 1 week MH/CCF ... Dislocation #IPJoint #Radiology ... XRay #Diagnosis #Management
ROLANDO FRACTURE 
Rolando fracture is an intraarticular three-part fracture of the base of the first metacarpal
Y-shaped • The volar ... • Mechanism: Axial ... motion • ED Management ... MH/CCF/CWRU ... Thumb #Metacarpal #Radiology
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 ... ventricular hypertrophy, pericardial ... AFib #diagnosis #management ... #cardiology
Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump (IABP)

Intra-aortic balloon counter-pulsation is a method of invasive hemodynamic support. A catheter is
placed through an arterial ... sync with the cardiac ... Pump #diagnosis #management ... #cardiology #criticalcare
DETROIT CARDIOGENIC SHOCK INITIATIVE ALGORITHM

INCLUSION CRITERIA
Acute Myocardial Infarction
 Ischemic Symptoms
 EKG and/or biomarker evidence of AMI
Obtain femoral arterial ... Fick calculated cardiac ... IF LVEDP >15 or Cardiac ... DCSI #Initiative #Management ... #Cardiology
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
of obstructive epicardial ... Consider cardiac ... heartfailure #diagnosis #management ... #cardiology #pharmacology ... #sCHF