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Atrial Fibrillation on POCUS Echocardiogram (A4C)

35yoF presents with acute onset atrial fibrillation.  POCUS shows dilated
POCUS shows dilated ... left atrium & poor ... mitral valve coaptation ... #Fibrillation #AFib ... A4C #clinical #cardiology
Causes of Primary and Functional Mitral Regurgitation (MR) 
Causes of primary mitral regurgitation
 - Rheumatic heart
atrium. ... Congenital: MV clefts ... valve - Secondary ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Cardiology
Giant dilated left atrium on Echocardiogram (a4c)
It belongs to a 92-year old lady with a history
Giant dilated left ... MR was only mild ... Mitral valve doesn ... #left #atrium # ... #pocus
Graphic representation of transthoracic echocardiographic parameters in the assessment of right ventricular pressure overload. A′ = peak late
atrium; LV = left ... TRPG = tricuspid valve ... Dilated RV with ... the tricuspic valve ... Transthoracic #Diagnosis
Typical mitral valve prolapse with an eccentric jet hugging the left atrial wall (Coanda effect). TTE
Typical mitral valve ... jet hugging the left ... atrial wall (Coanda ... underestimate MR ... #pocus
Atrial Fibrillation (A-Fib) Summary

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

Why?
Cardiac:
	• Valvular heart
serum creatinine, test ... Moderate or severe mitral ... Mechanical heart valve ... • Left atrial ... #diagnosis #management
The location of the cardiac valves is best determined on the lateral radiograph.
A line is drawn
is best determined ... enlargement of the left ... atrium. ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #CXR
Causes of mitral stenosis
Rheumatic heart disease
 - Most common cause worldwide. Commissural fusion, thick MV leaflets
calcification - Age-related ... vegetations)/tumor (left ... atrial myxoma)/ ... ball valve thrombus ... stenosis #Causes #diagnosis
Tropical Endomyocardial Fibrosis (EMF)
snrunken ventnoes
Hallmark chronic EMF features include:
 • Apical obliteration of the left and/or
obliteration of the left ... as a 3-layered delayed ... ventricles and marked atria ... muscles leading to mitral ... #diagnosis