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POCUS Echocardiography - Table of Cardiac Views and Windows
 • Parastemal Long-Axis View (PLAX)
 • Parasternal
-Chamber View (A4C ... Aortic Valve (AV ... #TTE #Echocardiogram ... #Heart #Windows ... Echocardiography #Cardiology
Cardiac Amyloid - Diagnosis, Signs, Symptoms and Management

Clinical Presentation
- exertional dyspnea
- peripheral edema
- exertional syncope
- peripheral
Cardiac Amyloid ... , Symptoms and Management ... pseudoinfarct pattern (Q-waves ... precordial leads) - atrial ... #Cardiology #Staging
Digoxin effect on Electrocardiogram (EKG)
Digoxin is a cardiac glycoside from the foxglove leaf
Mechanism
 - Inhibits Na-K
Digoxin is a cardiac ... - Decreases AV ... fibrillation and ... rate control) - Heart ... Electrocardiogram #EKG #Cardiology
Cardiac conducting system 
 - Sinoatrial (SA) node normally generates the action potential, i.e. the electrical
Cardiac conducting ... to excite left atrium ... - From the AV ... #Anatomy #Cardiology ... #Cardiac #Heart
Ventricular Fibrillation on POCUS - Apical 4 Chamber View

A 50-year-old woman with a history of cardiac
with a history of cardiac ... the transplanted heart ... with preserved atrial ... #cardiology #clinical ... #a4c #AV #Dissociation
Summary of Heart Blocks
1st Degree Heart Block:
 • Prolonged PR >200ms (5 small squares).
 • Narrow
Brady Management ... QRS • Atrial ... • Block in AV ... (block beyond AV ... electrocardiogram #ecg #cardiology
Amyloidosis on POCUS Echocardiogram - Apical 4 Chamber (A4C)
Pt with systemic AL amyloidosis presents with 1
Apical 4 Chamber (A4C ... wall thickening and ... biatrial enlargement ... appearance of heart ... #Cardiology #A4C
Atrial Fibrillation (A-Fib) Summary

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

Why?
Cardiac:
	• Valvular heart
Cardiac: • Valvular ... heart disease ... • Absence of P waves ... AFib #diagnosis #management ... #cardiology
Pacemaker Operating Modes
1 - Chamber paced
     A (atrium), V (ventricle), D (dual/both)
2
will allow the heart ... • AV Delay (150 ... of retrograde P waves ... Pacing #settings #cardiology ... #management
Intraoperative Cardiac Ischaemia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

If the patient is unconscious, signs of cardiac
is unconscious, signs ... depression • T wave ... especially in heart ... consultation with cardiology ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management