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Coronary Artery Embolism - Etiology and Scoring
Etiology:
 • Direct: Clot (LV thrombus, LAA Thrombus), Valve (Vegetation,
Paradoxical: Right to Left ... non-culprit vessels • Atrial ... prosthetic valve, PFO, ASD ... • Definite: (>2 ... 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
wide-complex tachycardia: bundle ... atrial thrombus ... cardioversion 2. ... TEE to exclude thrombus ... diagnosis #management #cardiology
Negative Contrast Effect in Right Atrium - Differential Diagnosis
1. Small secundum ASD or PFO with left
or PFO with left ... to right shunt 2. ... Differential #Diagnosis #cardiology ... echocardiogram #s4c #pocus ... #bubble
This is a parasternal long axis view of a young patient presenting with 3 days of
Beside ultrasound ... aortic root, and left ... atrium should roughly ... Michael Macias, EM ... #Radiology #POCUS
Giant dilated left atrium on Echocardiogram (a4c)
It belongs to a 92-year old lady with a history
Giant dilated left ... aneurysm idiopathic. 2. ... ASD with R/L shunting ... #clinical #cardiology ... #pocus
Double Shunt on Echocardiogram
What do you see on this saline contrast study, in a patient with
Early transit of bubbles ... as RAP>LAP as atrial ... septum shifts left ... Echocardiogram #clinical #pocus ... intrapulmonary #cardiology