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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
Thrombosis - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... thrombus - atrial ... fibrillation ... #diagnosis #vascular
Anatomical Differential Diagnosis for Arrhythmias
 • SA node: Sinus bradycardia, Sick Sinus Syndrome (SSS)
 • AV
Anatomical Differential ... Diagnosis for Arrhythmias ... Fibrillation (AF ... ), Ventricular Fibrillation ... #Diagnosis #Causes
Tachyarrhythmia Framework - Differential Diagnosis
 • Narrow QRS - Regular Rhythm: Sinus tachycardia, AVNRT, Orthodromic AVRT,
Tachyarrhythmia Framework - Differential ... Diagnosis • Narrow ... fibrillation, Atrial ... fibrillation with ... #Diagnosis #cardiology
Causes of Tachycardia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Narrow Complex - Regular:
 • Sinus tachycardia
 • Atrial flutter
Tachycardia - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... fibrillation ... • Ventricular fibrillation ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Tachycardia - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Narrow-Complex:
 • Regular: Sinus Tachycardia, Junctional Tachycardia, Atrial Tachycardia, Atrial Flutter, AVRT
Tachycardia - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... Fibrillation, Multifocal ... #Tachycardia #Differential ... #Diagnosis #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 ... thrombus • Digoxin ... TEE to exclude thrombus ... preferred • Direct thrombin ... AFib #diagnosis
Coronary Artery Embolism - Etiology and Scoring
Etiology:
 • Direct: Clot (LV thrombus, LAA Thrombus), Valve (Vegetation,
, LAA Thrombus), ... non-culprit vessels • Atrial ... Fibrillation ... Artery #Embolism #diagnosis ... #differential #
Jugular Venous Pressure Waveform Patterns
A. Tricuspid Regurgitation
B. Tricuspid Stenosis
C. Constrictive Pericarditis
D. Atrial Septal Defect
E. Atrial Fibrillation
F.
Atrial Septal Defect ... Atrial Fibrillation ... JVP #Cardiology #diagnosis ... #differential
Narrow Complex Tachycardias (Simplified)

Irregular Narrow Complex Tachycardia:
 1. Atrial fibrillation
	- Usually the correct answer
 2. Multifocal
Atrial fibrillation ... Multifocal Atrial ... Atrial flutter ... #Tachycardias #differential ... #diagnosis #causes