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This 24M presented with acute onset CP/SOB, hypoxia, HR 150s. What's the diagnosis? Treatment options? Hint:
What's the diagnosis ... #Clinical #POCUS ... #Echocardiogram ... #A4C #McConnells ... #Thrombus #Clots
Coronary Artery Embolism - Etiology and Scoring
Etiology:
 • Direct: Clot (LV thrombus, LAA Thrombus), Valve (Vegetation,
Etiology: • Direct: Clot ... Angiography or Cardiac ... rheumatic valve disease ... , h/o of cardiac ... Artery #Embolism #diagnosis
Rheumatic Heart Disease - Mitral Stenosis on Echocardiogram
(1) Thickened and fibrosed MV leaflets - rheumatic etiology
Rheumatic Heart Disease ... (1) Thickened ... (4) All 4 cardiac ... (5) Layered clot ... #a4c #thrombus
Chagas Disease (American trypanosomiasis) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Acute Chagas Disease (8-12 weeks):
 • Mild: Malaise,
Romana Sing (unilateral ... • Severe: Only 1% ... myocarditis, pericardial effusion ... evidence of cardiac ... evidence of cardiac
Growth Hormone Excess - Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Acromegaly and gigantism share the same pathophysiology
Pathogenesis and clinical ... hemianopsia IGF-1 ... Cardiovascular disease ... : • Cardiac arrhythmia ... #signs #symptoms
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
intrinsic lung disease ... defect (Type 1) ... shunt (Type 2) Clinical ... left heart 3-6 cardiac ... Arterial blood gas (ABC
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
Fraction (HFrEF) Clinical ... un lymphatic Diagnostic ... bilateral pleural effusions ... coronary artery disease ... Consider cardiac
Evaluation of suspected incomplete Kawasaki Disease

1. AHA consensus recommendations
2. Infants ≤6 months old on day ≥7
incomplete Kawasaki Disease ... 1. ... regurgitation, pericardial effusion ... and lab signs ( ... #Diagnosis #Peds
Double Shunt on Echocardiogram
What do you see on this saline contrast study, in a patient with
end-stage liver disease ... 1. ... PVeins (extra-cardiac ... #clinical #pocus ... #a4c #intrapulmonary
Amyloidosis - Summary
Group of disorders associated with extracellular deposition of fibrils formed from low-molecular-weight proteins in
: 1. ... Clinical suspicion ... the extent of disease ... Persistent pleural effusions ... Testing: • EKG • Echocardiogram