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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 ... exercise intolerance, chest ... Decompensated HF ... Noncardiac: • Pulmonary ... Cardiology #Management
Treatment of Stable Narrow-Complex Tachycardia
Regular Rhythm:
 • Attempt vagal maneuvers
 • Give adenosine 6 milligrams IV
disease or CHF) ... fibrillation or ... disease or CHF) ... Tachycardia #Treatment #management ... #cardiology #algorithm
Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction: Management Principles

General Therapeutic Principles:
Reduce the congestive state 
 - Caution
Ejection Fraction: Management ... sinus rhythm in atrial ... fibrilation may ... hypertension, pulmonary ... #Cardiology #HFpEF
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
 •
Chronic Dyspnea - Differential ... Arrhythmia • Atrial ... Fibrillation ... Thickening/Masses Chest ... Interstitium • ILD • CHF
Atrial Fibrillation (A-Fib) Summary

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

Why?
Cardiac:
	• Valvular heart
Atrial Fibrillation ... Decompensated HF ... Noncardiac: • Pulmonary ... AFib #diagnosis #management ... #cardiology
Hyperthyroidism Overview

Clinical Manifestation of Hyperthyroidism:
 • Fatigue
 • Weight loss
 • Heat intolerance
 • Depression, nervousness
Hyperthyroidism Overview Clinical ... Hyperdefecation • Anterior ... psychosis - CHF ... Ophthalmoplegia • Atrial ... fibrillation/flutter
Cavities frequently arise within a mass or an area of consolidation as a result of necrosis.
We
In the differential ... To differentiate ... without associated pulmonary ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #CTChest
Palpitations - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
• It is an unpleasant awareness or sensation that the heart is
Palpitations - Differential ... fibrillation/flutter ... Pheochromocytoma • Pulmonary ... #Palpitations #Cardiology ... #Differential #
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
Differential Diagnosis ... cardiomyopathy • Pulmonary ... May have typical HF ... Serial TTE and close ... #cardiology #treatment
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
with presence of pulmonary ... #diagnosis #differential ... #algorithm #management ... #cardiology #treatment ... #heartfailure #chf