12 results
Atrial Fibrillation (A-Fib) Summary

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

Why?
Cardiac:
	• Valvular heart
Noncardiac: • Pulmonary ... • Absence of P waves ... atrial thrombus ... Cardioversion 1. ... AFib #diagnosis #management
Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension (CTEPH) and Pulmonary Thromboendarterectomy
Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension
Definition: mean pulmonary-artery pressure > 25mmHg
Plexiform-lesion formation Clinical ... Vessels Thrombi ... Removal → Left ... Thrombi Removal ... Thromboendarterectomy #diagnosis #management
Myasthenia Gravis Overview

Myasthenia Gravis is an autoimmune disorder of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction.  Ab to
weakness in: 1. ... insufficiency and life-threatening ... EMG Findings: 1. ... Imaging - CT Chest ... #diagnosis #management
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
Syndromes (PRS) are life-threatening ... typically seen on chest ... blood retum in serial ... RBC casts, low grade ... differential #diagnosis #management
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
diffusion-perfusion defect (Type 1) ... shunt (Type 2) Clinical ... Microbubbles appear in left ... cycles after right atrial ... cirrhosis • Intra-pulmonary
This is a parasternal long axis view of a young patient presenting with 3 days of
the OR in under 1 ... aortic root, and left ... atrium should roughly ... Northwestern University #Clinical ... EM #Radiology #POCUS
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
Diagnosis and Management ... renal failure Clinical ... Pulmonary: dyspnea ... , cough, chest pain ... (pain/abnormal LFT
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
Cardiomyopathy - Summary 1. ... cardiomyopathy • Pulmonary ... LVEDd > 6.0 cm, LV thrombus ... months before 1° ... Serial TTE and close
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 ... medical and surgical management
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