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Negative Contrast Effect in Right Atrium - Differential Diagnosis
1. Small secundum ASD or PFO with left
Negative Contrast ... Effect in Right Atrium ... Small secundum ASD ... Effect #Right #Atrium ... #Diagnosis #cardiology
Coronary Artery Embolism - Etiology and Scoring
Etiology:
 • Direct: Clot (LV thrombus, LAA Thrombus), Valve (Vegetation,
Coronary Artery ... venous origin of CE material ... non-culprit vessels • Atrial ... #Coronary #Artery ... Embolism #diagnosis #differential
Causes of mitral stenosis
Rheumatic heart disease
 - Most common cause worldwide. Commissural fusion, thick MV leaflets
kidney disease Congenital ... vegetations)/tumor (left atrial ... occur 10—20 years after ... Causes #diagnosis #differential ... #cardiology
Radiation Dose to Adults from Common Imaging Examinations
ABDOMINAL REGION
 - Computed Tomography (CT) — Abdomen and
with and without contrast ... material 20 mSv ... material 4 mSv ... #PatientInfo #Radiology ... Imaging #ChestXRay #CXR
Palpitations - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
• It is an unpleasant awareness or sensation that the heart is
Palpitations - Differential ... Paroxysmal AF, atrial ... flutter, or atrial ... Arrhythmias: • Atrial ... • Multifocal atrial
Right lower lobe atelectasis
Chest x-rays of a 70-year old male who fell from the stairs and
right interlobar artery ... adjacent to the right atrium ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Lateral #
Double Shunt on Echocardiogram
What do you see on this saline contrast study, in a patient with
on this saline contrast ... as RAP>LAP as atrial ... stretched PFO or ASD ... , and later (after ... intrapulmonary #cardiology
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
Prosthetic valve • Congenital ... Libman Sacks) • Atrial ... Marantic (NTBE) Differential ... Paradoxical emboli via ASD ... than 5 to 7 days after
There is a right lower lobe atelectasis.
Notice the abnormal right border of the heart.
The right interlobar
right interlobar artery ... adjacent to the right atrium ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Lateral #
Causes of Primary and Functional Mitral Regurgitation (MR) 
Causes of primary mitral regurgitation
 - Rheumatic heart
plane into left atrium ... inferior wall - Congenital ... muscles apically and laterally ... Primary #Functional #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology