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Coronary Artery Embolism - Etiology and Scoring
Etiology:
 • Direct: Clot (LV thrombus, LAA Thrombus), Valve (Vegetation,
Paradoxical: Right to Left ... , TEE, CT or MRI ... prosthetic valve, PFO, ASD ... Artery #Embolism #diagnosis ... scoring #criteria #cardiology
Atrial Fibrillation (A-Fib) Summary

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

Why?
Cardiac:
	• Valvular heart
and left atria, ... atrial thrombus ... cardioversion 2. ... Fibrillation #AFib #diagnosis ... #management #cardiology
Negative Contrast Effect in Right Atrium - Differential Diagnosis
1. Small secundum ASD or PFO with left
Small secundum ASD ... or PFO with left ... to right shunt 2. ... #cardiology #clinical ... echocardiogram #s4c #pocus
Graphic representation of transthoracic echocardiographic parameters in the assessment of right ventricular pressure overload. A′ = peak late
vena cava; LA = left ... atrium; LV = left ... ventricle, parasternal long ... Transthoracic #Diagnosis ... RightVentricular #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 ... University #Clinical #EM ... #Radiology #POCUS
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
absence of intrinsic lung ... anatomic shunt (Type 2) ... , 88% spec • Contrast-enhanced ... Microbubbles appear in left ... on radioactive lung
Giant dilated left atrium on Echocardiogram (a4c)
It belongs to a 92-year old lady with a history
aneurysm idiopathic. 2. ... Long chronic severe ... ASD with R/L shunting ... #clinical #cardiology ... #pocus
Parasternal Long Axis view with measurement. Note the right ventricle (RV), interventricular septum (S), left ventricle
Parasternal Long ... ventricle (LV), left ... atrium (LA), anterior ... #Clinical #EM #Cardiology ... #POCUS #Parasternal
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 ... stretched PFO or ASD ... Echocardiogram #clinical #pocus ... intrapulmonary #cardiology
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
verrucous) • Lung ... Libman Sacks) • Atrial ... Paradoxical emboli via ASD ... ↑ Suspicion -> TEE ... #management #cardiology