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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 ... Noncardiac: • Pulmonary ... 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 ... #A4C #clinical ... #cardiology
Tachycardia - Differential Diagnosis and Management - Narrow vs Wide, Regular vs Irregular
Narrow - Regular:
Use P
Tachycardia - Differential ... Diagnosis and Management ... • Atrial Flutter ... #cardiology #wide ... #narrow #algorithm
Right-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac Causes - Rule out Left-Sided Heart Failure (Most Common):
Heart Failure - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Causes - Rule out Left-Sided ... Arterial Hypertension ... #HeartFailure #Cardiology
HFpEF and CAD Management Algorithm
1. Consider revascularization based on current guidelines for CAD and HFpEF*
2. Statins:
Algorithm 1. ... guidelines (eg, recent PCl ... with increased arterial ... Enroll in HFpEF clinical ... #Algorithm #cardiology
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
Libman Sacks) • Atrial ... Cerebral > Splenic, pulmonary ... Marantic (NTBE) Differential ... Endocarditis #diagnosis #management ... #cardiology
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
murmur 3/6) - Pulmonary ... event, follow ACC algorithm ... Change in clinical ... one post op Cardiology ... medical and surgical management
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
noncompliance • Clinical ... initiation Clinical ... Leishmaniasis Differential ... therapy (COAT TRIAL ... #Diagnosis #Management
Double Shunt on Echocardiogram
What do you see on this saline contrast study, in a patient with
liver disease and pulmonary ... as RAP>LAP as atrial ... septum shifts left ... Echocardiogram #clinical ... #cardiology #saline