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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 ... Noncardiac: • Pulmonary ... #Fibrillation #Cardiology ... #Management #Algorithm
Right-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac Causes - Rule out Left-Sided Heart Failure (Most Common):
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Cardiac Causes ... - Rule out Left-Sided ... Arterial Hypertension ... #HeartFailure #Cardiology
Chest Pain - Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm

History and Exam
Acute life-threatening causes:
 • Acute myocardial infarction
 •
life-threatening causes ... Pneumothorax • Pulmonary ... embolism • Cardiac ... • CBC, BMP, LET ... , PT. aPTT • Serial
On a chest film only the outer contours of the heart are seen.
In many cases we
On a chest film ... Left Atrium - Most ... atrium. - Left ... #Anatomy #Radiology ... #Cardiac #Chambers
Pulse Abnormalities - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unequal/DeIayed:
 • Obstructive arterial disease (ie. Atherosclerosis)
 • Aortic dissection
 •
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... alternate beats: • Left ... pressure >10mmHg: • Cardiac ... Abnormalities #Disorders #Cardiology ... #causes
Double Apical Impulse (S4) Visualization on Physical Exam - Hi-Res Video Version: https://www.grepmed.com/images/7802/physicalexam-cardiology-impulse-double-gallop-apical-signs

On palpation, the PMI
7802/physicalexam-cardiology-impulse-double-gallop-apical-signs ... ) taped to the chest ... vibrations of the left ... ventricle during atrial ... #Signs #Cardiology
The idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs) comprise a heterogenous group of disorders. 
They represent fundamental responses of
indicates unknown cause ... the table on the left ... have specific patterns ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest
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 ... Cardiac: • Valvular ... Noncardiac: • Pulmonary ... the right and left ... diagnosis #management #cardiology
This is a parasternal long axis view of a young patient presenting with 3 days of
aortic root, and left ... atrium should roughly ... In this case, the ... #Clinical #EM #Radiology ... #POCUS #CardiacUS
Key findings in alveolar proteinosis
- Crazy paving pattern: reticular pattern superimposed on ground glass opacification.
- Opacifications
: reticular pattern ... On the left a typical ... proteinacious material ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #AlveolarProteinosis