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POCUS Echocardiography - Table of Cardiac Views and Windows
 • Parastemal Long-Axis View (PLAX)
 • Parasternal
• PSAX: Aortic Valve ... View • PSAX: Mitral ... Valve (MV) Level ... Echocardiogram #Heart ... Echocardiography #Cardiology
Cardiac Murmurs and Maneuvers

An algorithm demonstrating the effect of various maneuvers on systolic murmurs. 
TR, tricuspid
Cardiac Murmurs ... TR, tricuspid regurgitation ... valve prolapse/ ... Murmurs #Maneuvers #Heart ... #Cardiology #PhysicalExam
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
Involves aortic and mitral ... Paradoxical emboli via ASD ... -> TEE • Duke Criteria ... Substance use: R > L Tricuspid ... #management #cardiology
Coronary Artery Embolism - Etiology and Scoring
Etiology:
 • Direct: Clot (LV thrombus, LAA Thrombus), Valve (Vegetation,
Venous System/Right Heart ... Angiography or Cardiac ... , PFO, ASD, h/o ... , endocarditis or ... #cardiology
Endocarditis - Overview and Differential Diagnosis Framework

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV
involves aortic and mitral ... Paradoxical emboli via ASD ... → TEE • Duke Criteria ... substance use: R > L Tricuspid ... #Diagnosis #cardiology
Endocarditis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
What is it? Inflammation of endocardium, typically secondary to infection of
to infection of heart ... (tricuspid in IVDU ... lines, prosthetic/cardiac ... Diagnosis: Duke Criteria ... Summary #duke #criteria
Widened Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis and Pathophysiology

Pulse pressure is the difference between the systolic blood
valve conditions ... • Infective Endocarditis ... • Mitral Stenosis ... Regurgitation) • Tricuspid ... Pathophysiology #causes #cardiology