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Coronary Artery Embolism - Etiology and Scoring
Etiology:
 • Direct: Clot (LV thrombus, LAA Thrombus), Valve (Vegetation,
Coronary Artery ... TTE, TEE, CT or MRI ... non-culprit vessels • Atrial ... rheumatic valve disease ... #Embolism #diagnosis
Left Ventricular Thrombus Arterial Embolization on Echocardiogram- Caught in Action! 

The TTE was ordered for cardioembolic
neurocheck was normal ... after this event ... #Clinical #POCUS ... echocardiogram #Cardiology ... #A4c #Embolism
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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
Krabbe Disease 

Check out this interesting case of Krabbe disease, a rare genetic leukodystrophy. Diagnosis was
Diagnosis was made ... by radiology, which ... • Symmetric abnormal ... #Diagnosis #MRI ... #Clinical #Radiology
Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension (CTEPH) and Pulmonary Thromboendarterectomy
Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension
Definition: mean pulmonary-artery pressure > 25mmHg
pulmonary embolism ... Plexiform-lesion formation Clinical ... Pulmonary Vessels Thrombi ... Pulmonary Vessels Thrombi ... have inoperable disease
Cardiac LV Thrombus on Echocardiogram (A4C)
48 year old woman in ICU for acute ischemic limb. PMHx
Echocardiogram (A4C ... the context of embolism ... are not POCUS: serial ... cultures, cardiac MRI ... #clinical #cardiology
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Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
• Pulmonary embolus ... LVEDd > 6.0 cm, LV thrombus ... ancestry, LGE on MRI ... sx overlap with normal ... Serial TTE and close
Cryofibrinogenemia Summary

Cryofibrinogenemia Epidemiology:
 • 40-70 years with a modest female predominance

Cryofibrinogenemia:
 • The precipitation of a
cooled from the normal ... Cryofibrinogenemia Clinical ... , and ocular thrombi ... : • + Clinical ... DIC • Septic emboli
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy (PPCM)

What is PPCM?
• A form of acute systolic heart failure that develops late in
Cesarean delivery Clinical ... Key Point: High clinical ... Pulmonary/amniotic embolism ... Spontaneous coronary artery ... Cardiomyopathy #Cardiology
Tropical Endomyocardial Fibrosis (EMF)
snrunken ventnoes
Hallmark chronic EMF features include:
 • Apical obliteration of the left and/or
enhancement pattern of normal ... with overlying thrombus ... ventricles and marked atria ... • Parasitic disease ... #diagnosis