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Constrictive Pericarditis on Echocardiogram
A 55-year-old female marathon runner presents to clinic w/ 6-months of worsening breathlessness
mitral annular ... , (C) mild diastolic ... expiration not meeting diagnostic ... inspiration and a diastolic ... #a4c #pocus #clinical
Pulmonary Embolism with IVC Thrombus In Transit

A patient presents with chest pain. Which of the following
Pulmonary Embolism ... most support her diagnosis ... and paradoxical septal ... clinical #ultrasound #echocardiogram ... #a4c #mcconnells
Tricuspid Regurgitation and ASD on POCUS Echocardiogram
Crossing the streams: What are the two abnormal sources of
Tricuspid Regurgitation ... Echocardiogram ... site for trans-septal ... #POCUS #Echocardiogram ... #a4c #clinical
Pulmonary Embolism on POCUS Echocardiogram

S/p mitral repair and MAZE. Hypotensive dyspneic, lightheaded.
Bedside U/S expediting diagnosis treatment
Pulmonary Embolism ... on POCUS Echocardiogram ... S/p mitral repair ... U/S expediting diagnosis ... #s4c #clinical
Ebstein Anomaly on Echocardiogram

Ebstein anomaly. The tricuspid valve is ALWAYS more apically displaced than the mitral
Ebstein Anomaly on Echocardiogram ... The tricuspid valve ... displaced than the mitral ... congenital cause of tricuspid ... #cardiology #a4c
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
Involves aortic and mitral ... Glomerulonephritis Septic ... Differential Diagnosis ... via ASD • Metastatic ... Substance use: R > L Tricuspid
Tricuspid Valve Endocarditis on POCUS Echocardiogram

Patient with active IVDU presents with fever, sepsis.  More likely
Tricuspid Valve ... Endocarditis on POCUS Echocardiogram ... frequently have lung septic ... emboli (see CT ... clinical #cardiology #s4c
Restrictive Cardiomyopathy on Echocardiogram - Apical 4 Chamber View

RCM is a disease of diastole —> severe
is a disease of diastole ... avoid: atrial septum ... might look like asd ... An ASD with atria ... #cardiology #a4c
Endocarditis - Overview and Differential Diagnosis Framework

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV
and Differential Diagnosis ... involves aortic and mitral ... via ASD • Metastatic ... Septic emboli ... substance use: R > L Tricuspid