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Large atrial septal defect on cardiac POCUS with an oddly satisfying bubble study.

Eric Abrams, MD @eabramsMD

#Bubble
Large atrial septal ... defect on cardiac ... #Study #ASD #Atrial ... SeptalDefect #Clinical #Cardiology ... #A4C #Large
Atrial Septal Defect (ASD) with Shunting on Echocardiogram with Contrast (a4c)

An elderly patient with dyspnea -
Atrial Septal Defect ... (ASD) with Shunting ... with dyspnea - ASD ... #ASD #Echocardiogram ... #clinical #pocus
ASD on Bubble Contrast Echocardiogram (a4c)
A patient with an anterior STEMI (take a look at the
ASD on Bubble Contrast ... previously undiagnosed ASD ... #septal #defect ... #ASD #Bubble #Contrast ... #pocus #shunting
Large Atrial Septal Defect and clearly not a PFO. I want to personally thank all the
Large Atrial Septal ... Defect and clearly ... #Clinical #Cardiology ... #POCUS #Echocardiogram ... #A4C #ASD #Large
Abnormal Jugular Venous Pressure Waveforms - Differential Diagnosis
 - Absent a wave - Atrial fibrillation, sinus
fibrillation, sinus ... enlarged a waves - Large ... septal defect ... Absent y descent - Cardiac ... #PhysicalExam #cardiology
Negative contrast effect = a washout of the contrast (agitated saline) in the right atrium in
saline) in the right ... with an ASD ... effect #washout #ASD ... #atrial #septal ... #pocus
Atrial septal defect

An ECG may show the “crochetage” pattern (92% specific)—a notch near the apex of
Atrial septal defect ... inferior limb leads Large ... notches signify a larger ... #Cardiology #Crochetage ... #Sign #ASD
Cardiac conducting system 
 - Sinoatrial (SA) node normally generates the action potential, i.e. the electrical
Cardiac conducting ... atrium (RA), travels ... to excite left atrium ... - Right bundle ... #Anatomy #Cardiology
Apical 4-chamber (A4) Apical 4 Chamber view demonstrating the right ventricle (RV), right atrium (RA), left
ventricle (LV) and ... left atrium (LA ... orientation of the septum ... #Clinical #EM #Cardiology ... #POCUS #Apical
Atrial Fibrillation (A-Fib) Summary

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

Why?
Cardiac:
	• Valvular heart
Atrial Fibrillation ... Cardiac: • Valvular ... wide-complex tachycardia: bundle ... and left atria, ... of the right and