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Negative contrast effect = a washout of the contrast (agitated saline) in the right atrium in
Negative contrast effect ... saline) in the right ... atrial #septal # ... defect #a4c #Echocardiogram ... #clinical #cardiology
POCUS Pearls for Tamponade
- Pericardial Effusion
- Diastolic Right Ventricular Collapse
- Systolic Right Atrial Collapse
- Plethoric Inferior
for Tamponade - Pericardial ... Atrial Collapse ... Tamponade #POCUS #Diagnosis ... #Evaluation #Cardiology ... #Effusion #Echocardiogram
Combination of diagnostic criteria used to assess the severity of tricuspid regurgitation (TR). This figure lists
ASD indicates atrial ... septal defect; ... cava; and RA, right ... atrial. ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Portopulmonary Hypertension
Presence of pulmonary arterial hypertension in a patient with portal hypertension
No other obvious causes (chronic
Presence of pulmonary arterial ... Transthoracic echocardiogram ... • Right ventricular ... atrial pressure ... #management #hepatology
Negative Contrast Effect in Right Atrium - Differential Diagnosis
1. Small secundum ASD or PFO with left
in Right Atrium ... Small secundum ASD ... #Right #Atrium ... #cardiology #clinical ... #echocardiogram
Restrictive Cardiomyopathy on Echocardiogram - Apical 4 Chamber View

RCM is a disease of diastole —> severe
septum might look ... like asd in 4ch ... An ASD with atria ... big you would expect ... #cardiology #a4c
Right heart dysfunction and failure in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: mechanisms and management 
Source:
mechanisms and management ... time; LA, left atrium ... atrium; RIMP, right ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology ... #Echocardiogram
Atrial Fibrillation (A-Fib) Summary

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

Why?
Cardiac:
	• Valvular heart
the size of the right ... function of the right ... ventricular hypertrophy, pericardial ... Fibrillation #AFib #diagnosis ... #management #cardiology
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
feature, PRS can affect ... o infection • Echocardiogram ... EGPA (↓ LVEF, pericardial ... blood retum in serial ... #management #treatment
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
Libman Sacks) • Atrial ... Differential Diagnosis ... Paradoxical emboli via ASD ... • Left sided > Right ... #management #cardiology