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POCUS Echocardiography - Table of Cardiac Views and Windows
 • Parastemal Long-Axis View (PLAX)
 • Parasternal
-Chamber View (A4C ... -Chamber View (A2C ... View • PSAX: Mitral ... ) • SSN: Color ... #Orientations #Atlas
Causes of mitral stenosis
Rheumatic heart disease
 - Most common cause worldwide. Commissural fusion, thick MV leaflets
heart disease ... disease Infective endocarditis ... vegetations)/tumor (left ... atrial myxoma)/ ... #differential #cardiology
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
Involves aortic and mitral ... Libman Sacks) • Atrial ... Hypercoagulable (APLAS ... Regurgitation • Colon ... diagnosis #management #cardiology
Coronary Artery Embolism - Etiology and Scoring
Etiology:
 • Direct: Clot (LV thrombus, LAA Thrombus), Valve (Vegetation,
Paradoxical: Right to Left ... Venous System/Right Heart ... Minor: • < 25% stenosis ... non-culprit vessels • Atrial ... cardiac surgery, endocarditis
Endocarditis - Overview and Differential Diagnosis Framework

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV
involves aortic and mitral ... Libman Sacks) • Atrial ... Hypercoagulable (APLAS ... Regurgitation • Colon ... Differential #Diagnosis #cardiology