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Newly Diagnosed Atrial Fibrillation - Management Algorithm

 • Rate Control
 • Rhythm Control
 • Anticoagulation

Matthew Ho,
Newly Diagnosed ... Atrial Fibrillation ... RVR #Management ... #Algorithm #cardiology ... #AFib
Atrial Fibrillation - Diagnosis, Causes, Presentations
Causes (PIRATES):
 - Pulmonary embolism 
 - Ischemia (cardiac) 
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Atrial Fibrillation ... - Diagnosis, Causes ... - Ischemia (cardiac ... AFib #Diagnosis ... PIRATES #Emergency #Cardiology
Atrial Fibrillation (A-Fib) Summary

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

Why?
Cardiac:
	• Valvular heart
Atrial Fibrillation ... Cardiac: • Valvular ... thrombus • Digoxin ... AFib #diagnosis ... #management #cardiology
Ventricular Fibrillation on POCUS - Apical 4 Chamber View

A 50-year-old woman with a history of cardiac
A 50-year-old woman ... with a history of cardiac ... with preserved atrial ... echocardiogram #cardiology ... #clinical #a4c
Coronary Artery Embolism - Etiology and Scoring
Etiology:
 • Direct: Clot (LV thrombus, LAA Thrombus), Valve (Vegetation,
- Most Common Cause ... non-culprit vessels • Atrial ... Fibrillation ... Artery #Embolism #diagnosis ... scoring #criteria #cardiology
EKG in Acute Pulmonary Embolism
The sensitivity and specificity for EKG findings in acute PE are low.
EKG
evaluating for other causes ... of cardio-pulmonary ... Arrhythmia* (e.g., A-Fib ... Embolism #AcutePE #diagnosis ... #cardiology #electrocardiogram
Rheumatic Heart Disease - Mitral Stenosis on Echocardiogram
(1) Thickened and fibrosed MV leaflets - rheumatic etiology
(4) All 4 cardiac ... (7) patient in atrial ... fibrillation :) ... Echocardiogram #clinical #cardiology ... #a4c #thrombus
Palpitations - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
• It is an unpleasant awareness or sensation that the heart is
- Differential Diagnosis ... Palpitations Diagnosis ... fibrillation/flutter ... /Afib/WPW) • Loss ... #Palpitations #Cardiology
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
exclude other causes ... LVEDd > 6.0 cm, LV thrombus ... and timing with Cardio-OB ... follow-up with Cardio-OB ... #management #cardiology