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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 ... Overview Symptoms ... Anticoagulation #Atrial ... #Fibrillation #Cardiology ... #Management #Algorithm
Cardiac Amyloid - Diagnosis, Signs, Symptoms and Management

Clinical Presentation
- exertional dyspnea
- peripheral edema
- exertional syncope
- peripheral
Diagnosis, Signs, Symptoms ... and Management ... precordial leads) - atrial ... #Signs #Symptoms ... #Cardiology #Staging
ISCHEMIA Trial - Management Algorithm for patients with Stable Angina

Stress Test -> ? +moderate or severe
Management Algorithm ... with a stable symptom ... evaluation or management ... ChestPain #Diagnosis #Management ... #Algorithm #Cardiology
d-Transposition of the Great Arteries
 • Anatomy
 • Epidemiology
 • Associated Lesions
 • Pathophysiology/Presentation
 • Classic
Associated Lesions • Pathophysiology ... Pre-operative management ... switch • Arterial ... peds #pediatrics #cardiology ... #diagnosis #management
Atrial Fibrillation (A-Fib) Summary

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

Why?
Cardiac:
	• Valvular heart
Atrial Fibrillation ... A-Fib) Summary Symptoms ... possibly better: • Symptom ... AFib #diagnosis #management ... #cardiology
Cardiac Event Monitoring Devices - Compared
Ambulatory ECG (Hotter):
 • Advantages: Continuous recording, records asx events, all
needs to keep symptom ... needs to keep symptom ... Monitoring #Devices #Comparison ... #cardiology #management
Iron Deficiency in Heart Failure
Pathophysiology:
Chronic heart failure leads to an increase in inflammatory cytokines → Inflammation
Heart Failure Pathophysiology ... improvement in symptoms ... heartfailure #diagnosis #management ... #cardiology
Atrial Fibrillation RVR - Medications
Diltiazem
 • Preferred in patients with chronic lung such as Asthma and
Atrial Fibrillation ... to improve CHF symptoms ... #Atrial #Fibrillation ... #Medications #management ... #treatment #comparison
Differentiation Syndrome in APML
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: common in APL (2-48% depending on the study)
 • Triggers:
• Triggers: ATRA ... treatment Pathophysiology ... Diagnosis: >3 symptoms ... or 15 days of ATRA ... APML #diagnosis #management
DETROIT CARDIOGENIC SHOCK INITIATIVE ALGORITHM

INCLUSION CRITERIA
Acute Myocardial Infarction
 Ischemic Symptoms
 EKG and/or biomarker evidence of AMI
Infarction  Ischemic Symptoms ... Obtain femoral arterial ... DCSI #Initiative #Management ... #Cardiology