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Atrial Fibrillation - Diagnosis, Causes, Presentations
Causes (PIRATES):
 - Pulmonary embolism 
 - Ischemia (cardiac) 
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Atrial Fibrillation ... - Diagnosis, Causes ... Repiratory disease - Atrial ... Rezapour @prezapour #Atrial ... #Diagnosis #Causes
Severe Left Atrial Enlargement on Echocardiogram
Have you ever seen a left atrium this big!?!? 
LA diameter
Severe Left Atrial ... seen a left atrium ... #Atrial #Enlargement ... #Severe #Cardiology ... Echocardiogram #Clinical #POCUS
Venous Thrombosis vs Arterial Thrombosis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

VENOUS THROMBOSIS

 • Acquired Risk Factors:
	- >48 hours
Thrombosis vs Arterial ... Fat Emboli ARTERIAL ... THROMBOSIS Arterial ... - Left ventricular ... coagulation and other causes
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 ... atrial thrombus ... atrial occlusion ... #cardiology
Atrial Fibrillation on POCUS Echocardiogram (A4C)

35yoF presents with acute onset atrial fibrillation.  POCUS shows dilated
Atrial Fibrillation ... with acute onset atrial ... left atrium & poor ... Herbst @EUSmkh #Atrial ... #Fibrillation #AFib
Degenerated Left Atrial Myxoma on Echocardiogram (PLAX)
A 68-year-old gentleman with progressive shortness of breath and cystic
Atrial Myxoma on ... Final diagnosis ... #Degenerated #Atrial ... PLAX #clinical #cardiology ... #pocus
Mitral Stenosis and Left Atrial Thrombus on Echocardiogram (a4c)

Mitral stenosis is a risk factor for LA
Mitral Stenosis and Left ... Atrial Thrombus ... of underlying cardiac ... Mitral #Stenosis #Atrial ... #pocus
Left Atrial Appendage Myxoma

All that glitters is not gold. All mass in LAA is not clot.
Left Atrial Appendage ... extremely rare case ... #Atrial #Appendage ... echocardiogram #pocus ... #cardiology
Pulse Abnormalities - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unequal/DeIayed:
 • Obstructive arterial disease (ie. Atherosclerosis)
 • Aortic dissection
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• Obstructive arterial ... alternate beats: • Left ... inspiratory drop in arterial ... pressure >10mmHg: • Cardiac ... #Algorithm #causes
Severe Mitral Stenosis- The physical examination revealed a right parasternal heave, a loud S1, a midpeaking
electrocardiogram showed atrial ... denotes left atrium ... The left atrium ... with an indexed atrial ... atrial pressure