Ravi Singh K @rav7ks · 2 years ago
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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 •
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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
• Structural heart disease
• Decompensated HF
• New ischemia
Noncardiac:
• Pulmonary disease
• Drugs/toxins
• Metabolic
• Endocrinopathies

2. Rate Control
• β-Blocker
• CCB
• Digoxin

3. Rhythm Control

4. Anticoagulation

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Ravi Singh K @rav7ks · 2 years ago
Academic Hospitalist and Program Director @SinaiBmoreIMRes, Medicine clerkship director GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences RMC at Sinai, Clinical reasoning,Simulation and POCUS enthusiast - https://twitter.com/rav7ks
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