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Large Atrial Septal Defect and clearly not a PFO. I want to personally thank all the
Large Atrial Septal ... Defect and clearly ... Cardiology #POCUS #Echocardiogram ... #A4C #ASD #Large
Negative contrast effect = a washout of the contrast (agitated saline) in the right atrium in
atrium in a patient ... with an ASD ... effect #washout #ASD ... #atrial #septal ... #defect #a4c #Echocardiogram
Large atrial septal defect on cardiac POCUS with an oddly satisfying bubble study.

Eric Abrams, MD @eabramsMD

#Bubble
Large atrial septal ... Bubble #Study #ASD ... #Atrial #SeptalDefect ... Cardiology #POCUS #Echocardiogram ... #A4C #Large
Restrictive Cardiomyopathy on Echocardiogram - Apical 4 Chamber View

RCM is a disease of diastole —> severe
diastole —> severe atrial ... this degree of atrial ... mistake to avoid: atrial ... like asd in 4ch ... An ASD with atria
Negative Contrast Effect in Right Atrium - Differential Diagnosis
1. Small secundum ASD or PFO with left
Atrium - Differential ... Small secundum ASD ... #Atrium #RA #Differential ... cardiology #clinical #echocardiogram ... #s4c #pocus #bubble
Large Mobile Left Atrial Thrombus on Transesophageal Echocardiogram

Female, 78 yo. HT & DM2. Admitted for severe
Large Mobile Left ... Atrial Thrombus ... No mitral stenosis.Simultaneous ... MCA and ischemia ... @odremanr #Atrial
Giant dilated left atrium on Echocardiogram (a4c)
It belongs to a 92-year old lady with a history
Giant dilated left atrium ... Mitral valve doesn ... ASD with R/L shunting ... dilated #left #atrium ... #a4c #Echocardiogram
Causes of mitral stenosis
Rheumatic heart disease
 - Most common cause worldwide. Commissural fusion, thick MV leaflets
Causes of mitral ... disease Infective endocarditis ... vegetations)/tumor (left atrial ... thrombus - When large ... Causes #diagnosis #differential
Coronary Artery Embolism - Etiology and Scoring
Etiology:
 • Direct: Clot (LV thrombus, LAA Thrombus), Valve (Vegetation,
• Paradoxical: Right ... non-culprit vessels • Atrial ... prosthetic valve, PFO, ASD ... cardiac surgery, endocarditis ... Embolism #diagnosis #differential
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 ... • Left sided > Right