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Coronary Artery Embolism - Etiology and Scoring
Etiology:
 • Direct: Clot (LV thrombus, LAA Thrombus), Valve (Vegetation,
Angiography or Cardiac ... non-culprit vessels • Atrial ... prosthetic valve, PFO, ASD ... , h/o of cardiac ... scoring #criteria #cardiology
Amyloidosis on POCUS Echocardiogram - Parasternal long axis (PLAX)
Pt with systemic AL amyloidosis presents with 1
Parasternal long axis (PLAX ... presents with 1 ... thickening and biatrial ... appearance of heart on CXR ... #Cardiology #PLAX
Amyloidosis on POCUS Echocardiogram - Parasternal short axis (PSAX)
Pt with systemic AL amyloidosis presents with 1
Amyloidosis on POCUS Echocardiogram ... presents with 1 ... thickening and biatrial ... appearance of heart on CXR ... #Cardiology #PSAX
Atrial Fibrillation (A-Fib) Summary

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

Why?
Cardiac:
	• Valvular heart
exercise intolerance, chest ... Cardiac: • Valvular ... thrombus • Digoxin ... Cardioversion 1. ... diagnosis #management #cardiology
Cardiac Standstill on Intra-Arrest POCUS 
Intra-arrest echo check. Came with mechanical CPR device. Has anyone seen
Cardiac Standstill ... with mechanical CPR ... Has anyone seen thrombus ... POCUS #clinical #echocardiogram ... #plax #cardiology
Cardiac LV Thrombus on Echocardiogram Short-Axis View (PSAX)
48 year old woman in ICU for acute ischemic
Cardiac LV Thrombus ... on Echocardiogram ... are not POCUS: serial ... #Cardiac #LV #Echocardiogram ... #cardiology
Amyloidosis on POCUS Echocardiogram - Subcostal 4 Chamber (S4C)
Pt with systemic AL amyloidosis presents with 1
Amyloidosis on POCUS Echocardiogram ... presents with 1 ... thickening and biatrial ... appearance of heart on CXR ... #Cardiology #S4C
Amyloidosis on POCUS Echocardiogram - Apical 4 Chamber (A4C)
Pt with systemic AL amyloidosis presents with 1
Amyloidosis on POCUS Echocardiogram ... presents with 1 ... thickening and biatrial ... appearance of heart on CXR ... #Cardiology #A4C
Rheumatic Heart Disease - Mitral Stenosis on Echocardiogram
(1) Thickened and fibrosed MV leaflets - rheumatic etiology
(1) Thickened ... (4) All 4 cardiac ... (7) patient in atrial ... #clinical #cardiology ... #a4c #thrombus
Radiation Dose to Adults from Common Imaging Examinations
ABDOMINAL REGION
 - Computed Tomography (CT) — Abdomen and
X-ray 0.005 mSv 1 ... mSv 4 years - Cardiac ... Scoring 3 mSv 1 ... #PatientInfo #Radiology ... Imaging #ChestXRay #CXR