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Incidental left atrial appendage thrombus on Cardiac MRI

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#thrombus #laa #atrial #appendage #CardiacMRI #clinical #cardiology
Incidental left atrial ... on Cardiac MRI ... #laa #atrial #appendage ... #CardiacMRI #clinical ... #cardiology
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Atrial Fibrillation (A-Fib) Summary

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

Why?
Cardiac:
	• Valvular heart
(< 5% pts with afibb ... thrombus • Digoxin ... TEE to exclude thrombus ... #diagnosis #management ... #cardiology
Coronary Artery Embolism - Etiology and Scoring
Etiology:
 • Direct: Clot (LV thrombus, LAA Thrombus), Valve (Vegetation,
venous origin of CE material ... TTE, TEE, CT or MRI ... non-culprit vessels • Atrial ... rheumatic valve disease ... Artery #Embolism #diagnosis
CHADSVASc Score - Stroke Risk in Atrial Fibrillation

A clinical mnemonic to estimate stroke risk in atrial
Fibrillation A clinical ... Thromboembolism V Vascular disease ... (MI, PAD, aortic ... #Fibrillation #AFib ... #CHADS2VASc #Diagnosis
Krabbe Disease 

Check out this interesting case of Krabbe disease, a rare genetic leukodystrophy. Diagnosis was
Diagnosis was made ... trials ... • Symmetric abnormal ... #Diagnosis #MRI ... #Clinical #Radiology
Left Ventricular Thrombus Arterial Embolization on Echocardiogram- Caught in Action! 

The TTE was ordered for cardioembolic
Arterial Embolization ... neurocheck was normal ... #Clinical #POCUS ... echocardiogram #Cardiology ... #A4c #Embolism
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Cardiac Amyloid - Diagnosis, Signs, Symptoms and Management

Clinical Presentation
- exertional dyspnea
- peripheral edema
- exertional syncope
- peripheral
Cardiac Amyloid - Diagnosis ... Management Clinical ... hepatomegaly - normal ... precordial leads) - atrial ... - conduction disease
Rheumatic Heart Disease - Mitral Stenosis on Echocardiogram
(1) Thickened and fibrosed MV leaflets - rheumatic etiology
Rheumatic Heart Disease ... (7) patient in atrial ... Echocardiogram #clinical ... #cardiology #a4c ... #thrombus
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Differentiating NBTE from Infective Endocarditis
No pathognomonic signs/symptoms or echo features that are specific to NBTE, and
demonstration of platelet thrombi ... cultures/serology: Serial ... heart valves • MRI ... often seen • MRI ... - Infectious Diseases
Cardiac LV Thrombus on Echocardiogram (A4C)
48 year old woman in ICU for acute ischemic limb. PMHx
Echocardiogram (A4C ... are not POCUS: serial ... cultures, cardiac MRI ... Echocardiogram #A4C ... #clinical #cardiology
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