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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
exercise intolerance, chest ... Noncardiac: • Pulmonary ... • Absence of P waves ... atrial thrombus ... Cardioversion 1.
Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension (CTEPH) and Pulmonary Thromboendarterectomy
Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension
Definition: mean pulmonary-artery pressure > 25mmHg
Plexiform-lesion formation Clinical ... Ventilation-perfusion lung ... Vessels Thrombi ... Removal → Left ... Thrombi Removal
This is a parasternal long axis view of a young patient presenting with 3 days of
the OR in under 1 ... atrium should roughly ... Northwestern University #Clinical ... #EM #Radiology ... #POCUS #CardiacUS
Cavities frequently arise within a mass or an area of consolidation as a result of necrosis.
We
measure less than 1 ... the surrounding lung ... without associated pulmonary ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #CTChest
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
murmur 3/6) - Pulmonary ... Change in clinical ... days before Pulmonary ... change CV risk Chest ... unless prior heart/lung
On the left a typical case of panlobular emphysema.
There is uniform destruction of the underlying architecture
On the left a typical ... Pulmonary vessels ... detect on HRCT(1) ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #Panlobular
Giant dilated left atrium on Echocardiogram (a4c)
It belongs to a 92-year old lady with a history
atrium on Echocardiogram ... sinus rhythm... 1. ... Long chronic severe ... #clinical #cardiology ... #pocus
Authors: Mark M. Ramzy, DO, EMT-P (@MarkRamzyDO, EM Resident Physician, Drexel University, Department of Emergency Medicine)
/50 Rule (part 1) ... and second ribs.1 ... Pulmonary Contusion ... #Radiology #CTChest ... #Lung #Pulmonary
Double Shunt on Echocardiogram
What do you see on this saline contrast study, in a patient with
liver disease and pulmonary ... 1. ... as RAP>LAP as atrial ... Echocardiogram #clinical ... #pocus #a4c #intrapulmonary