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Negative Contrast Effect in Right Atrium - Differential Diagnosis
1. Small secundum ASD or PFO with left
Differential Diagnosis 1. ... Small secundum ASD ... or PFO with left ... #clinical #echocardiogram ... #s4c #pocus #bubble
Giant dilated left atrium on Echocardiogram (a4c)
It belongs to a 92-year old lady with a history
sinus rhythm... 1. ... Long chronic severe ... ASD with R/L shunting ... #clinical #cardiology ... #pocus
Double Shunt on Echocardiogram
What do you see on this saline contrast study, in a patient with
pulmonary hypertension ... Early transit of bubbles ... shifts left ... stretched PFO or ASD ... #clinical #pocus
This is a parasternal long axis view of a young patient presenting with 3 days of
and ECG with sinus ... the OR in under 1 ... left atrium should ... #Clinical #EM #Radiology ... #POCUS #CardiacUS
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
verrucous) • Lung ... Cerebral > Splenic, pulmonary ... Paradoxical emboli via ASD ... ↑ ESR, CRP • EKG ... diagnosis #management #cardiology
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
murmur 3/6) - Pulmonary ... event, follow ACC algorithm ... indicated • EKG ... Obtain EKG if: ... unless prior heart/lung
On the left a typical case of panlobular emphysema.
There is uniform destruction of the underlying architecture
On the left a typical ... the secondary pulmonary ... Pulmonary vessels ... detect on HRCT(1) ... #Clinical #Radiology
Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return (TAPVR)

Here's the bedside Echo of an 8-week-old boy who presented to
Blood from the Lungs ... getting over to the Left ... through a small ASD—keeping ... Venous #Return #POCUS ... #Echocardiogram
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
typically fall into 1 ... with presence of pulmonary ... ECG is vital while ... #differential #algorithm ... heartfailure #chf #criticalcare
Endocarditis - Overview and Differential Diagnosis Framework

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV
, verrucous) - Lung ... Cerebral > Splenic, Pulmonary ... Paradoxical emboli via ASD ... ↑ ESR, CRP • EKG ... Differential #Diagnosis #cardiology