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Coronary Artery Embolism - Etiology and Scoring
Etiology:
 • Direct: Clot (LV thrombus, LAA Thrombus), Valve (Vegetation,
- Most Common Cause ... non-culprit vessels • Atrial ... prosthetic valve, PFO, ASD ... cardiac surgery, endocarditis ... Embolism #diagnosis #differential
Negative Contrast Effect in Right Atrium - Differential Diagnosis
1. Small secundum ASD or PFO with left
Negative Contrast ... Small secundum ASD ... to right shunt 2. ... cardiology #clinical #echocardiogram ... #s4c #pocus #bubble
Giant dilated left atrium on Echocardiogram (a4c)
It belongs to a 92-year old lady with a history
on Echocardiogram ... Mitral valve doesn ... aneurysm idiopathic. 2. ... ASD with R/L shunting ... #a4c #Echocardiogram
Rheumatic Heart Disease - Mitral Stenosis on Echocardiogram
(1) Thickened and fibrosed MV leaflets - rheumatic etiology
Heart Disease - Mitral ... (2) Lvef 25-30% ... spontaneous echo contrast ... (7) patient in atrial ... clinical #cardiology #a4c
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
mitral regurgitation ... Libman Sacks) • Atrial ... Marantic (NTBE) Differential ... Paradoxical emboli via ASD ... Treat underlying cause
Double Shunt on Echocardiogram
What do you see on this saline contrast study, in a patient with
on this saline contrast ... bubbles = PFO 2. ... >LAP as atrial septum ... stretched PFO or ASD ... clinical #pocus #a4c
Double Orifice Mitral Valve in a young M w/ chest pain. Rare congenital anomaly of subvalvular
valve into 2 orifices ... in this case); ... bicuspid AV, sinus venosus ... ASD, PDA, other ... clinical #cardiology #echocardiogram
Endocarditis - Overview and Differential Diagnosis Framework

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV
and Differential ... mitral regurgitation ... Libman Sacks) • Atrial ... Paradoxical emboli via ASD ... #Differential #
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
Pain - Arthritis Differential ... Inflammatory Versus ... weeks) Can Be Caused ... OLIGOARTHRITIS • 2- ... • Bacterial endocarditis