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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 ... (< 5% pts with afibb ... ventricular hypertrophy, pericardial ... AFib #diagnosis
Atrial Fibrillation - Diagnosis, Causes, Presentations
Causes (PIRATES):
 - Pulmonary embolism 
 - Ischemia (cardiac) 
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Atrial Fibrillation ... - Ischemia (cardiac ... Repiratory disease - Atrial ... #Fibrillation # ... AFib #Diagnosis
Atrial Fibrillation on POCUS Echocardiogram (A4C)

35yoF presents with acute onset atrial fibrillation.  POCUS shows dilated
Atrial Fibrillation ... Echocardiogram (A4C ... fibrillation. ... AFib #POCUS #Echocardiogram ... #A4C #clinical
Mitral Stenosis and Left Atrial Thrombus on Echocardiogram (a4c)

Mitral stenosis is a risk factor for LA
Stenosis and Left Atrial ... (a4c) Mitral ... of underlying cardiac ... Mitral #Stenosis #Atrial ... #Thrombus #a4c
Pinball Thrombus in Atrial Fibrillation - Echocardiogram

- Dr. Stephan Stöbe @StephanStobe

#Thrombus #Atrial #Fibrillation #Echocardiogram #clinical #pocus
Pinball Thrombus ... in Atrial Fibrillation ... StephanStobe #Thrombus ... #Atrial #Fibrillation ... clinical #pocus #a4c
Venous Thrombosis vs Arterial Thrombosis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

VENOUS THROMBOSIS

 • Acquired Risk Factors:
	- >48 hours
Embolism • Thrombus ... Paradoxical Embolism • Cardiac ... : - Atrial thrombus ... - atrial fibrillation ... valves - Infected cardiac
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 ... #VFib #Ventricular ... cardiology #clinical #a4c
Causes of Atrial Fibrillation

Heart disease 
 - Aging heart 
 - Cardiomyopathies 
 - Congestive heart
Causes of Atrial ... Fibrillation Heart ... Abnormalities in cardiac ... #Fibrillation # ... AFib #Cardiology
Anticoagulation for Atrial Fibrillation - CHA2DS2-VASc

I always tell my students, one of the first thing you
Anticoagulation for Atrial ... Fibrillation - ... a patient with atrial ... fibrillation in ... AtrialFibrillation #AFib
Coronary Artery Embolism - Etiology and Scoring
Etiology:
 • Direct: Clot (LV thrombus, LAA Thrombus), Valve (Vegetation,
, LAA Thrombus), ... Angiography or Cardiac ... non-culprit vessels • Atrial ... Fibrillation ... PFO, ASD, h/o of cardiac