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Mitral Stenosis and Left Atrial Thrombus on Echocardiogram (a4c)

Mitral stenosis is a risk factor for LA
and Left Atrial ... of underlying cardiac ... #Atrial #Thrombus ... Echocardiogram #clinical ... #cardiology #pocus
Coronary Artery Embolism - Etiology and Scoring
Etiology:
 • Direct: Clot (LV thrombus, LAA Thrombus), Valve (Vegetation,
Angiography or Cardiac ... Minor: • < 25% stenosis ... prosthetic valve, PFO, ASD ... , h/o of cardiac ... scoring #criteria #cardiology
Rheumatic Heart Disease - Mitral Stenosis on Echocardiogram
(1) Thickened and fibrosed MV leaflets - rheumatic etiology
(4) All 4 cardiac ... (7) patient in atrial ... be in CHF @echocardiography_tips ... #cardiology #a4c ... #thrombus
Severe Mitral Stenosis on Transesophageal Echocardiogram
Spontaneous contrast 'smoke' in the left atrium
AF + stasis = huge
smoke' in the left atrium ... = huge risk of thrombus ... "hockey stick" sign ... Echocardiogram #Clinical ... #Cardiology #Smoke
Atrial Fibrillation (A-Fib) Summary

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

Why?
Cardiac:
	• Valvular heart
Cardiac: • Valvular ... Decompensated HF ... thrombus • Digoxin ... severe mitral stenosis ... diagnosis #management #cardiology
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
Fraction (HFrEF) Clinical ... regurgitation or stenosis ... → no signs of CXR ... Consider cardiac ... diagnosis #management #cardiology
On the left a patient with CHF. 
There is an increase in heart size compared to
a patient with CHF ... Other signs of CHF ... supine film the cardiac ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Exacerbation
Cardiac LV Thrombus on Echocardiogram (A4C)
48 year old woman in ICU for acute ischemic limb. PMHx
Cardiac LV Thrombus ... PMHx recent CHF, ... are not POCUS: serial ... #A4C #clinical ... #cardiology
Cardiac LV Thrombus on Echocardiogram Short-Axis View (PSAX)
48 year old woman in ICU for acute ischemic
Cardiac LV Thrombus ... PMHx recent CHF, ... are not POCUS: serial ... #PSAX #clinical ... #cardiology
The findings are:
 - Large density on the left with loss of cardiac silhouette.
 - High
left with loss of cardiac ... possibly also partial ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Lateral # ... Collapse #Luftsichel #Sign