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Large Atrial Septal Defect and clearly not a PFO. I want to personally thank all the
Large Atrial Septal ... personally thank all ... #Clinical #Cardiology ... #POCUS #Echocardiogram ... #A4C #ASD #Large
Large atrial septal defect on cardiac POCUS with an oddly satisfying bubble study.

Eric Abrams, MD @eabramsMD

#Bubble
Large atrial septal ... defect on cardiac POCUS ... #Study #ASD #Atrial ... SeptalDefect #Clinical #Cardiology ... #A4C #Large
Mechanical Complications in Acute Myocardial Infarction
Acute LV/RV Dysfunction:
 • Regional wall motion, systolic and diastolic function,
Complications in Acute Myocardial ... Rupture: • Large ... • Typically ↑ mitral ... #differential # ... diagnosis #timeline
Negative Contrast Effect in Right Atrium - Differential Diagnosis
1. Small secundum ASD or PFO with left
Diagnosis 1. ... Small secundum ASD ... #Diagnosis #cardiology ... echocardiogram #s4c ... #pocus #bubble
Causes of Primary and Functional Mitral Regurgitation (MR) 
Causes of primary mitral regurgitation
 - Rheumatic heart
indirect chest wall ... especially inferior wall ... laterally from myocardial ... Primary #Functional #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Causes of mitral stenosis
Rheumatic heart disease
 - Most common cause worldwide. Commissural fusion, thick MV leaflets
atrial myxoma)/ball ... thrombus - When large ... stenosis #Causes #diagnosis ... #differential # ... cardiology
Widened Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis and Pathophysiology

Pulse pressure is the difference between the systolic blood
Diagnosis and Pathophysiology ... Endocarditis • Mitral ... Regurgitation • Mitral ... Stenosis • Myocardial ... #causes #cardiology
Ventricular Outpouchings - Differential Diagnosis
Recess has narrow neck and does not reach half of myocardial wall
Outpouchings - Differential ... Diagnosis Recess ... coated by thinned vital ... myocardium and ... cleft #aneurysm #cardiology
Apical 2-Chamber (A2C) Window on POCUS Echocardiogram

Helpful to distinguish anterior and inferior regional wall motion abnormalities.
) Window on POCUS ... inferior regional wall ... EF -> visible mural ... echocardiogram #clinical #anatomy ... #cardiology
Premature Ventricular Complexes (PVC's) - Summary Framework

Why PVCs?  Can be the first manifestation of cardiac
Hypertension • Myocardial ... Hypokalemia • Bundle ... Diagnosis: • PAC ... #differential # ... cardiology