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Septic emboli
Septic emboli usually present as multiple ill-defined nodules.
In about 50% cavitation is seen.
CT demonstrates more
CT demonstrates ... diagnosis in the ... On the CT cavitation ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest #
Feeding Vessel Sign on Chest CT
 • Distinct pulmonary vessel leading into a lung nodule or
Feeding Vessel Sign ... on Chest CT • ... • DDx: Septic ... infarction, mets to the ... #diagnosis #radiology
Signs of Pulmonary Hypertension on Chest CT
 • Main PA is dilated and larger than the
Signs of Pulmonary ... Hypertension on Chest CT ... hepatic veins ... ChestCT #CTChest #Radiology ... #cardiology #diagnosis
Constrictive Pericarditis on Echocardiogram
A 55-year-old female marathon runner presents to clinic w/ 6-months of worsening breathlessness
Pericarditis on Echocardiogram ... ASA, Kussmaul's sign ... transthoracic echocardiogram ... expiration not meeting diagnostic ... pocus #clinical #cardiology
X-ray limitations
It’s important to know the limitations of X-rays so we can correctly interpret them in
important to know the ... UltraSound (POCUS) to CT ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... ChestXRay #KUB #CXR ... #Limitations #Comparison
Tricuspid Valve Endocarditis on POCUS Echocardiogram

Patient with active IVDU presents with fever, sepsis.  More likely
presents with fever, sepsis ... frequently have lung septic ... emboli (see CT ... cor image https ... #clinical #cardiology
Approach to ECGs - VT vs. SVT - Wide Tachycardias
DDx = VT vs. SVT with BBB
All
- Brugada's sign ... - Josephson's sign ... VT #VTach #SVT #Comparison ... Versus #ecg #ekg #cardiology ... #diagnosis #electrocardiogram
Hampton hump is a radiologic sign which consists of a shallow wedge-shaped opacity in the periphery
Hampton hump is a radiologic ... sign which consists ... diagnosis of pulmonary ... confirmed with chest CT ... #photo #CXR #EmergencyMedicine
Graphic representation of transthoracic echocardiographic parameters in the assessment of right ventricular pressure overload. A′ = peak late
and McConnell sign ... intraventricle septum ... view E. 60/60 sign ... #Echocardiogram ... Transthoracic #Diagnosis
CT will also demonstrate signs of congestive heart failure.
On the image on the left notice the
CT will also demonstrate ... signs of congestive ... septal lines due ... differential diagnostic ... #Clinical #Radiology