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ASD on Bubble Contrast Echocardiogram (a4c)
A patient with an anterior STEMI (take a look at the
ASD on Bubble Contrast ... a look at the LV ... undiagnosed ASD ... #defect #ASD #Bubble ... #cardiology #pocus
Negative contrast effect = a washout of the contrast (agitated saline) in the right atrium in
Negative contrast ... patient with an ASD ... #washout #ASD # ... atrial #septal # ... #pocus
Negative Contrast Effect in Right Atrium - Differential Diagnosis
1. Small secundum ASD or PFO with left
Negative Contrast ... Diagnosis 1. ... Small secundum ASD ... echocardiogram #s4c ... #pocus #bubble
Mechanical Complications in Acute Myocardial Infarction
Acute LV/RV Dysfunction:
 • Regional wall motion, systolic and diastolic function,
infarct Ventricular Septal ... HTN and LV/RV dysfunction ... thrombus in pericardial ... ) • May need contrast ... #differential #
Cardiac LV Thrombus on Echocardiogram (A4C)
48 year old woman in ICU for acute ischemic limb. PMHx
Cardiac LV Thrombus ... Echocardiogram (A4C ... maybe consider contrast ... : serial blood cultures ... #cardiology
Double Shunt on Echocardiogram
What do you see on this saline contrast study, in a patient with
Early transit of bubbles ... >LAP as atrial septum ... stretched PFO or ASD ... Echocardiogram #clinical #pocus ... #a4c #intrapulmonary
Restrictive Cardiomyopathy on Echocardiogram - Apical 4 Chamber View

RCM is a disease of diastole —> severe
LV dysfunction ... avoid: atrial septum ... might look like asd ... An ASD with atria ... #a4c
Cardiac LV Thrombus on Echocardiogram Short-Axis View (PSAX)
48 year old woman in ICU for acute ischemic
Cardiac LV Thrombus ... What are the next POCUS ... maybe consider contrast ... tests are not POCUS ... : serial blood cultures
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
Cardiomyopathy - Summary 1. ... Differential Diagnosis ... thrombus, RV systolic ... months before 1° ... Serial TTE and close
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
ADHF typically fall ... into 1 of 4 recognized ... may benefit from LV ... have achieved negative ... #diagnosis #differential