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LAD Coronary Artery Dissection on POCUS

Severe CP x 1 hour, Ant/Sept STEMI on EKG.  ED
LAD Coronary Artery ... /Sept STEMI on EKG ... #Coronary #Artery ... Echocardiogram #PSAX ... #Clinical #Cardiology
Coronary Ostium Obstruction by Aortic Intimal Flap on Echocardiogram
Aortic intimal flap may alternately obstruct right and
Coronary Ostium ... elevations in different ECG ... Flap #dissection #a4c ... #plax #Echocardiogram ... #clinical #cardiology
Air gap sign: loss of cardiac image during systole in Pneumopericardium
Interesting observation –loss of cardiac window
Air gap sign: loss ... Pneumopericardium #clinical ... #cardiology #echocardiogram ... #a4c #plax #pocus ... #airgap #sign
In July 2015 the ACC/AHA proposed and published an algorithm to help stratify cardiac arrest patients
July 2015 the ACC ... help stratify cardiac ... activation for coronary ... Stratfication #Management ... #Cardiology #CriticalCare
Parasternal LAX view with severe septal thickening in a patient with Hypertrophic CM and obstruction. Given
Parasternal LAX ... risk for sudden cardiac ... cardiomyopathy #HOCM #HCM #plax ... Echocardiogram #clinical ... #cardiology #pocus
DETROIT CARDIOGENIC SHOCK INITIATIVE ALGORITHM

INCLUSION CRITERIA
Acute Myocardial Infarction
 Ischemic Symptoms
 EKG and/or biomarker evidence of AMI
SHOCK INITIATIVE ALGORITHM ... Ischemic Symptoms  EKG ... ACTIVATE CATH LAB ... DCSI #Initiative #Management ... #Cardiology
Huge mural thrombus occupying 1/3 the LV.
MI effecting [LAD territory]

In PLAX view, The unechoic line between
MI effecting [LAD ... territory] In PLAX ... Mural #Thrombus #clinical ... #cardiology #echocardiogram ... #pocus #a4c
Anterior Hypokinesis on POCUS Echocardiogram

A 69yo female with history of hypertension presents with 30min shortness of
best choice for management ... = best management ... Echocardiogram #clinical ... #cardiology #PSAX ... WMA #Akinesis #LAD
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
our friends from Cardiology ... of the resting cardiac ... patients with CAD ... #diagnosis #algorithm ... #management #clinical
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
of the resting cardiac ... patients with CAD ... #diagnosis #management ... #cardiology #clinica ... l#foamed #algorithm