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Negative contrast effect = a washout of the contrast (agitated saline) in the right atrium in
Negative contrast ... #contrast #effect ... atrial #septal #defect ... #a4c #Echocardiogram ... clinical #cardiology #pocus
Negative Contrast Effect in Right Atrium - Differential Diagnosis
1. Small secundum ASD or PFO with left
Negative Contrast ... Small secundum ASD ... #Contrast #Effect ... echocardiogram #s4c ... #pocus #bubble
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
• Coagulase-negative ... Marantic (NTBE) Differential ... Paradoxical emboli via ASD ... Diagnosis? ... Substance use: R > L Tricuspid
Endocarditis - Overview and Differential Diagnosis Framework

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV
and Differential ... aureus, Coagulase-negative ... staphylococci Culture Negative ... substance use: R > L Tricuspid ... #Differential #
Pyogenic liver abscess in children
Common bacterial causes in children:
 • S.aureus
 • Strep spp
 • Enteric
• Enteric gram negative ... infection: • Direct ... artery (e.g., endocarditis ... children #peds #differential ... #diagnosis #hepatology