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Apical 4-chamber (A4) Apical 4 Chamber view demonstrating the right ventricle (RV), right atrium (RA), left
ventricle (RV), right atrium ... (LV) and left atrium ... septum #Clinical #EM ... #Cardiology #POCUS ... #FourChamber #ALiEM
Subxiphoid 4-chamber view showing right ventricle (RV), right atrium (RA), left ventricle (LV) and left atrium
ventricle (RV), right atrium ... (LV) and left atrium ... #Clinical #EM #Cardiology ... #POCUS #Subxiphoid ... PericardialEffusion #ALiEM
Atrial Fibrillation (A-Fib) Summary

Symptoms:
• Palpitations, light-headedness, dizziness, dyspnea, exercise intolerance, chest pain, near-syncope, syncope.

Why?
Cardiac:
	• Valvular heart
Atrial Fibrillation ... risk factors Atrial ... atria, the size ... atrial thrombus ... atrial occlusion
Parasternal Long Axis view with measurement. Note the right ventricle (RV), interventricular septum (S), left ventricle
ventricle (LV), left ... atrium (LA), anterior ... #Clinical #EM #Cardiology ... #POCUS #Parasternal ... LongAxis #PSLA #ALiEM
Coronary Artery Embolism - Etiology and Scoring
Etiology:
 • Direct: Clot (LV thrombus, LAA Thrombus), Valve (Vegetation,
Paradoxical: Right to Left ... Angiography or Cardiac ... non-culprit vessels • Atrial ... , h/o of cardiac ... scoring #criteria #cardiology
This is a parasternal long axis view of a young patient presenting with 3 days of
aortic root, and left ... atrium should roughly ... Michael Macias, EM ... #Radiology #POCUS ... #CardiacUS #ParsternalLong
Negative Contrast Effect in Right Atrium - Differential Diagnosis
1. Small secundum ASD or PFO with left
Effect in Right Atrium ... or PFO with left ... to right shunt 2. ... Effect #Right #Atrium ... echocardiogram #s4c #pocus
Giant dilated left atrium on Echocardiogram (a4c)
It belongs to a 92-year old lady with a history
atrium on Echocardiogram ... aneurysm idiopathic. 2. ... #atrium #a4c #Echocardiogram ... #clinical #cardiology ... #pocus
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
Libman Sacks) • Atrial ... : • New cardiac ... Paradoxical emboli via ASD ... Endocarditis #diagnosis #management ... #cardiology
Double Shunt on Echocardiogram
What do you see on this saline contrast study, in a patient with
as RAP>LAP as atrial ... septum shifts left ... PVeins (extra-cardiac ... Echocardiogram #clinical #pocus ... intrapulmonary #cardiology