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ASD on Bubble Contrast Echocardiogram (a4c)
A patient with an anterior STEMI (take a look at the
ASD on Bubble Contrast ... a look at the LV ... undiagnosed ASD ... Ivan_Echocardio #atrial ... septal #defect #ASD
Negative contrast effect = a washout of the contrast (agitated saline) in the right atrium in
saline) in the right ... with an ASD ... effect #washout #ASD ... #defect #a4c #Echocardiogram ... #clinical #cardiology
Coronary Artery Embolism - Etiology and Scoring
Etiology:
 • Direct: Clot (LV thrombus, LAA Thrombus), Valve (Vegetation,
Fibroelastoma), Mass (Myxoma ... non-culprit vessels • Atrial ... prosthetic valve, PFO, ASD ... Artery #Embolism #diagnosis ... scoring #criteria #cardiology
Restrictive Cardiomyopathy on Echocardiogram - Apical 4 Chamber View

RCM is a disease of diastole —> severe
LV dysfunction ... septum might look ... like asd in 4ch ... An ASD with atria ... #cardiology #a4c
Negative Contrast Effect in Right Atrium - Differential Diagnosis
1. Small secundum ASD or PFO with left
Negative Contrast ... Diagnosis 1. ... Small secundum ASD ... #Diagnosis #cardiology ... #clinical #echocardiogram
Right heart dysfunction and failure in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: mechanisms and management 
Source:
time; LA, left atrium ... ; LV, left ventricle ... atrium; RIMP, right ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology ... #Echocardiogram
Graphic representation of transthoracic echocardiographic parameters in the assessment of right ventricular pressure overload. A′ = peak late
; RA = right atrium ... with basal RV/LV ... cmls) #TTE #Echocardiogram ... Transthoracic #Diagnosis ... RightVentricular #Cardiology
Right Heart Catheterization - Pulmonary Artery Pressures and Calculations
PULMONARY VASCULAR RESISTANCE = (meanPAP-PCWP) / CO
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CARDIAC POWER OUTPUT ... correlate in the SHOCK trial ... cardiac output estimates ... artery #catheter #diagnosis ... #cardiology #swanganz
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
Libman Sacks) • Atrial ... myxoma • Hypercoagulable ... Paradoxical emboli via ASD ... • Left sided > Right ... #management #cardiology
Double Shunt on Echocardiogram
What do you see on this saline contrast study, in a patient with
on this saline contrast ... >LAP as atrial septum ... stretched PFO or ASD ... PVeins (extra-cardiac ... intrapulmonary #cardiology