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Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
shunt (Type 2) Clinical ... left heart 3-6 cardiac ... blood gas (ABC) ... cirrhosis • Intra-pulmonary ... perfusion scanning or pulmonary
Complete AV Canal Defect on Echocardiogram

Among pts with Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension, those with Eisenmenger syndrome have
Among pts with Pulmonary ... Arterial Hypertension ... syndrome have the ... #a4c #Echocardiogram ... #clinical #cardiology
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
quantify renal injury ... (UPC) ratio • Cardiac ... o infection • Echocardiogram ... EGPA (↓ LVEF, pericardial ... differential #diagnosis #management
Amyloidosis on POCUS Echocardiogram - Apical 4 Chamber (A4C)
Pt with systemic AL amyloidosis presents with 1
Apical 4 Chamber (A4C ... thickening and biatrial ... Has new large pericardial ... in addition to the ... #POCUS #clinical
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 ... ventricles; to detect ... ventricular hypertrophy, pericardial ... AFib #diagnosis #management
Amyloidosis on POCUS Echocardiogram - Subcostal 4 Chamber (S4C)
Pt with systemic AL amyloidosis presents with 1
thickening and biatrial ... Has new large pericardial ... in addition to the ... #POCUS #clinical ... #Echocardiogram
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
liver or renal injury ... perfusion - Cardiac ... failure - Low cardiac ... output - Acute pulmonary ... gluconeogenesis Liver Injury
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
murmur 3/6) - Pulmonary ... exam Determine Cardiac ... Change in clinical ... postoperative cardiac ... medical and surgical management
In order to get good visualization of the RV, Intravenous Definity (brand name echo contrast material)
Here is the cardiac ... described for Pulmonary ... #Clinical #POCUS ... #Echocardiogram ... #Definity #A4C
Double Shunt on Echocardiogram
What do you see on this saline contrast study, in a patient with
liver disease and pulmonary ... as RAP>LAP as atrial ... PVeins (extra-cardiac ... #clinical #pocus ... #a4c #intrapulmonary