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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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Cardiac: • Valvular ... Noncardiac: • Pulmonary ... Endocrinopathies 2. ... #Fibrillation #Cardiology ... #Management #Algorithm
Right Heart Cath - Normal Cardiac Pressures

Right Atrial Pressure (RAP) or Central Venous Pressure (CVP)
 •
Cath - Normal Cardiac ... Pressure (CVP) • 2- ... mmHg (Diastolic) Left ... Atrial Pressure ... Pressures #RHC #cardiology
Lung Segment Anatomy Annotated on Chest CT
Right Lung:
 • Upper Lobe: Apical, Posterior, Anterior
 • Middle
Lateral, Posterior Left ... radiopaedia.org/cases ... bronchopulmonary-segments-annotated-ct-2? ... #CT #CTChest #pulmonary ... #clinical #radiology
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
Severe Mitral Stenosis- The physical examination revealed a right parasternal heave, a loud S1, a midpeaking
murmur (grade 2/ ... 0.5 cm2) (see video ... atrium, LV left ... The left atrium ... clinical #doppler #radiology
Tetralogy of Falot on Chest X-Ray
Tetralogy of Falot comprises four defects -
1. Ventricular septal defect (VSD)
2.
septal defect (VSD) 2. ... boot shaped heart caused ... along with concave Pulmonary ... CXR #clinical #radiology ... peds #pediatrics #cardiology
On the left some diseases with a nodular pattern.
1. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis: ill defined centrilobular nodules.
2. Miliary
On the left some ... with a nodular pattern ... centrilobular nodules. 2. ... Clinical #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest
Chest Pain - Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm

History and Exam
Acute life-threatening causes:
 • Acute myocardial infarction
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life-threatening causes ... Pneumothorax • Pulmonary ... embolism • Cardiac ... • CBC, BMP, LET ... , PT. aPTT • Serial
Massive Left Atrial Myxoma on Echocardiogram (TEE)
Pt admitted for SOB x 2 months with episode of
Massive Left Atrial ... admitted for SOB x 2 ... of syncope and chest ... TEE #clinical #cardiology ... #POCUS
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