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Pulmonary Embolism on POCUS Echocardiogram

Mid 30's female with chest pain/dyspnea.  Triage EKG (no prior).
Differential/diagnosis ... and additional clot ... A4c #clinical #cardiology
Intracardiac Septal Masses / Thickening on Echocardiogram - Differential Diagnosis - 4 separate cases:
Case 1: LV
Echocardiogram - Differential ... cases: Case 1: LV Clot ... a4c #comparison #Differential ... #Diagnosis #cardiology
Causes of MINOCA: Myocardial Infarction With Nonobstructive Coronary Arteries
Ischemia: 
 • Coronary thrombosis & rapid clot
thrombosis & rapid clot ... Causes #diagnosis #differential ... #workup #cardiology
Coronary Artery Embolism - Etiology and Scoring
Etiology:
 • Direct: Clot (LV thrombus, LAA Thrombus), Valve (Vegetation,
Etiology: • Direct: Clot ... Embolism #diagnosis #differential ... scoring #criteria #cardiology
Causes of Arterial and Venous Thrombosis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

STRUCTURAL:
 - PFO: paradoxical emboli
 - Popliteal
Venous Thrombosis - Differential ... Causes arterial clot ... Venous #Thrombosis #Differential ... #Diagnosis #clots
Pericardial Clot on Echocardiogram

ST elevation of acute pericarditis was misdiagnosed as STEMI and thrombolysed with SK
Pericardial Clot ... effusion with large clot ... Pericardial #effusion #clot ... POCUS #clinical #cardiology
THROMBOELASTOGRAPHY (TEG)
General Principle
• A small cuvette is rotated to simulate sluggish venous flow and stimulate clot
and stimulate clot ... the mass of the clot ... the kinetics of clot ... information about clot ... latency until clot
Normal Thromboelastogram - Specific parameters represent the 3 phases of the cell-based model of haemostasis: initiation,
certain level of clot ... assesses the rate of clot ... of the fibrin clot ... stability of the clot ... = clot lysis time
Positive FAST in the RUQ view demonstrating echogenic clot in Morison’s pouch with adjacent anechoic free
demonstrating echogenic clot ... Diagnosis #EM #Trauma #Radiology
Thromboelastogram Interpretation
Reaction Time (R Value):
 - Time till initiation of fibrin clot
 - Treatment: FFP, protamine
K
initiation of fibrin clot ... achieve 20 mm clot ... Maximum strength of clot ... Degradation of clot