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Combined Severe Aortic Stenosis and LV Outflow Tract Obstruction

- Marc Dweck @MarcDweck

#Clinical #Cardiology #CardiacMRI #AorticStenosis #LVOTO
MarcDweck #Clinical #Cardiology ... #CardiacMRI #AorticStenosis ... #LVOTO #OutflowTract
Management Algorithm for Severe Aortic Stenosis

#Management #Cardiology #AorticStenosis #Followup #Intervals #Algorithm
Management Algorithm ... Aortic Stenosis #Management ... #Cardiology #AorticStenosis
LVOTO due to SAM on POCUS Echocardiogram

Septic patient after IV fluids and initiation of Levophed. Worsening
LVOTO due to SAM ... Management? ... Answer: Dynamic LVOTO ... Anterior #Motion #LVOTO ... Echocardiogram #ultrasound #Cardiology
Survival in Aortic Stenosis

#Cardiology #AorticStenosis #SurvivalCurve #SymptomOnset #Timeline
Aortic Stenosis #Cardiology ... #AorticStenosis
POCUS - Measuring Cardiac Output
1) Calculate LVOT Area
2) Calculate LVOT VTI
3) Calculate Cardiac Output

SV = (LVOT
Output SV = (LVOT ... Area) x (LVOT VTI ... ) CO = (LVOT Area ... ) x (LVOT VTI) X ... #Measurement #cardiology
Stroke Volume & Cardiac Output Measurement on POCUS
Accurately measure LVOT diameter:
1. Obtain PLAX 
2. Zoom to
Accurately measure LVOT ... Zoom to LVOT 3. ... PW doppler into LVOT ... /2) 2 SV = LVOT ... Measurement #POCUS #cardiology
LVOT measurement
1. PLX view zoom mode
2. Measure within 5 mm to 10 mm from aortic annulus
LVOT measurement ... Mid-systole #LVOT ... outflowtract #diagnosis #cardiology
PLAX. Bit Las Vegas gains posteriorly 😉 lovely HOCM case with systolic anterior motion. Significant LVOT
Significant LVOT ... Echocardiogram #PLAX #Cardiology
The Role of Echocardiography in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
 • Establish diagnosis & determine pattern of hypertrophy
 •
& severity of LVOT ... Echocardiogram #cardiology
Aortic Stenosis Grading on echocardiography
The cut-offs for grading can be found in table 1. Discrepancies are
#Diagnosis #Cardiology ... Aortic #Stenosis #AorticStenosis