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

Eric Abrams, MD @eabramsMD

#Bubble
septal defect on cardiac ... oddly satisfying bubble ... #Study #ASD #Atrial ... SeptalDefect #Clinical #Cardiology ... #POCUS #Echocardiogram
Myocarditis
Diagnosis 
• Endomyocardial biopsy (gold standard, rarely performed) 
• Clinical presentation 
• Cardiovascular MRI 
Clinical 
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Unexplained sinus tachycardia ... Abnormal ECG, echocardiogram ... shock, sudden cardiac ... death Management ... #Cardiology
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
→ no signs of CXR ... Consider cardiac ... Other: Electrocardiogram ... heartfailure #diagnosis #management ... #cardiology #pharmacology
Double Shunt on Echocardiogram
What do you see on this saline contrast study, in a patient with
Double Shunt on Echocardiogram ... Early transit of bubbles ... stretched PFO or ASD ... PVeins (extra-cardiac ... intrapulmonary #cardiology
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
of the resting cardiac ... Cardiology cannot ... Now consider Tachycardia ... #echocardiogram ... #management #clinical
Atrial Fibrillation (A-Fib) Summary

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

Why?
Cardiac:
	• Valvular heart
Cardiac: • Valvular ... Irregular wide-complex tachycardia ... : bundle branch ... AFib #diagnosis #management ... #cardiology
Management of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor (ICI) Induced Cardiotoxicity
Problem - Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) are associated with
Management of Immune ... normal, significant echocardiogram ... trend electrocardiogram ... and cardiac biomarkers ... Cardiotoxicity #cardiology
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy (PPCM)

What is PPCM?
• A form of acute systolic heart failure that develops late in
Nonspecific: sinus tachycardia ... on the electrocardiogram ... congestion on a CXR ... experience recovery of cardiac ... management can
This infographic provides a mnemonic tool called “WOBBLER” for assessing an ECG (electrocardiogram) in cases of
assessing an ECG (electrocardiogram ... risk of sudden cardiac ... risk for sudden cardiac ... #cardiology #differential ... #echocardiogram