12 results
POCUS Echocardiography - Table of Cardiac Views and Windows
 • Parastemal Long-Axis View (PLAX)
 • Parasternal
Level • Apical 2- ... View • PSAX: Mitral ... Valve (MV) Level ... #TTE #Echocardiogram ... Echocardiography #Cardiology
Mitral Valve Endocarditis on POCUS Echocardiogram
2 months of 'FUO'

- Dr. Ernest Fischer @EAFischer

#Mitral #Valve #Endocarditis #Vegetations
Mitral Valve Endocarditis ... on POCUS Echocardiogram ... 2 months of 'FUO ... #clinical #cardiology ... #a4c
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
• Prosthetic valve ... Involves aortic and mitral ... Cerebral > Splenic, pulmonary ... Leukocytosis, anemia ... #management #cardiology
Giant dilated left atrium on Echocardiogram (a4c)
It belongs to a 92-year old lady with a history
left atrium on Echocardiogram ... Mitral valve doesn ... aneurysm idiopathic. 2. ... #Echocardiogram ... #clinical #cardiology
Rheumatic Heart Disease - Mitral Stenosis on Echocardiogram
(1) Thickened and fibrosed MV leaflets - rheumatic etiology
Heart Disease - Mitral ... (2) Lvef 25-30% ... (4) All 4 cardiac ... #clinical #cardiology ... #a4c #thrombus
Cardiac metastasis of lung cancer (2D/3D TTE)

What is the most common type of cancer to metastasize
lung cancer (2D/3D ... metastasize (>1/2 ... #metastasis #clinical ... #cardiology #echocardiogram ... #pocus #a4c #3d
Palpitations - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
• It is an unpleasant awareness or sensation that the heart is
heart failure • Mitral ... valve prolapse ... Pheochromocytoma • Pulmonary ... Hyperthyroidism • Anemia ... #Palpitations #Cardiology
Endocarditis - Overview and Differential Diagnosis Framework

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV
• Prosthetic valve ... involves aortic and mitral ... Cerebral > Splenic, Pulmonary ... Leukocytosis, anemia ... #cardiology #infectiousdiseases
McConnell's Sign on POCUS Echocardiogram

2 patients w/ different diagnoses.  Both demonstrate an apical 4-chamber view
2 patients w ... / different diagnoses ... strain related to pulmonary ... #clinical #cardiology ... #a4c #labeled
Atrial Fibrillation (A-Fib) Summary

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

Why?
Cardiac:
	• Valvular heart
Cardiac: • Valvular ... Noncardiac: • Pulmonary ... cardioversion 2. ... Mechanical heart valve ... #management #cardiology