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Negative contrast effect = a washout of the contrast (agitated saline) in the right atrium in
Negative contrast ... saline) in the right ... patient with an ASD ... #atrial #septal ... #defect #a4c #Echocardiogram
Echocardiographic Findings of Acute Right Ventricular Strain
 - Increased RV:LV Size Ratio
 - Abnormal Septal Motion
Ratio - Abnormal Septal ... - Tricuspid Regurgitation ... - Elevated Pulmonary ... #RV #Strain #Echocardiogram ... #POCUS #diagnosis
Pulmonary Embolism with IVC Thrombus In Transit

A patient presents with chest pain. Which of the following
most support her diagnosis ... enlargement, McConnell sign ... and paradoxical septal ... clinical #ultrasound #echocardiogram ... #a4c #mcconnells
Graphic representation of transthoracic echocardiographic parameters in the assessment of right ventricular pressure overload. A′ = peak late
and McConnell sign ... intraventricle septum ... acceleration time of pulmonary ... cmls) #TTE #Echocardiogram ... Transthoracic #Diagnosis
Constrictive Pericarditis on Echocardiogram
A 55-year-old female marathon runner presents to clinic w/ 6-months of worsening breathlessness
Pericarditis on Echocardiogram ... ASA, Kussmaul's sign ... to workup right-heart ... expiration not meeting diagnostic ... #a4c #pocus #clinical
McConnell's Sign on POCUS Echocardiogram (A4C)

A4c view; RV enlargement & hypokinesis with apical sparing ("McConnell Sign"
(A4C) A4c view ... " c/w acute right ... Diagnosis concerning ... for Pulmonary Embolism ... #A4C #clinical
Tricuspid Valve Endocarditis on POCUS Echocardiogram

Patient with active IVDU presents with fever, sepsis.  More likely
Tricuspid Valve ... Endocarditis on ... Right-sided lesions ... frequently have lung septic ... clinical #cardiology #s4c
Portopulmonary Hypertension
Presence of pulmonary arterial hypertension in a patient with portal hypertension
No other obvious causes (chronic
Transthoracic echocardiogram ... artery pressure via tricuspid ... PPHTN • Peak tricuspid ... m/s • Other signs ... of ventricular septum
Negative Contrast Effect in Right Atrium - Differential Diagnosis
1. Small secundum ASD or PFO with left
Negative Contrast ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Small secundum ASD ... cardiology #clinical #echocardiogram ... #s4c #pocus #bubble
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
Cerebral > Splenic, pulmonary ... Glomerulonephritis Septic ... Paradoxical emboli via ASD ... • Left sided > Right ... Substance use: R > L Tricuspid