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Coronary Artery Embolism - Etiology and Scoring
Etiology:
 • Direct: Clot (LV thrombus, LAA Thrombus), Valve (Vegetation,
• Paradoxical: Right ... Venous System/Right ... Angiography or Cardiac ... non-culprit vessels • Atrial ... PFO, ASD, h/o of cardiac
Atrial Fibrillation (A-Fib) Summary

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

Why?
Cardiac:
	• Valvular heart
Atrial Fibrillation ... risk factors Atrial ... and left atria, ... identify left atrial ... test for DM Atrial
Right Atrial Appendage Aneurysm on Echocardiogram

1 year old child with rapidly worsening dyspnea. No murmur.
This was
Right Atrial Appendage ... Echocardiogram 1 ... cardiac surgery ... #Atrial #Appendage ... Echocardiogram #POCUS
Colorized POCUS of a plethoric IVC in cardiac tamponade

To correctly identify the IVC you must visualize
plethoric IVC in cardiac ... the following: (1) ... distal IVC [blue] (2) ... contiguous with the right ... atrium [orange]
Negative Contrast Effect in Right Atrium - Differential Diagnosis
1. Small secundum ASD or PFO with left
Atrium - Differential ... Diagnosis 1. ... shunt 2. ... #Atrium #RA #Differential ... echocardiogram #s4c #pocus
This is a parasternal long axis view of a young patient presenting with 3 days of
the OR in under 1 ... parasternal long, the right ... root, and left atrium ... EM #Radiology #POCUS ... #CardiacUS #ParsternalLong
Double Shunt on Echocardiogram
What do you see on this saline contrast study, in a patient with
as RAP>LAP as atrial ... PVeins (extra-cardiac ... DavidWienerMD #DoubleShunt ... Echocardiogram #clinical ... #pocus #a4c #intrapulmonary
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
anatomic shunt (Type 2) ... Clinical Presentation ... left heart 3-6 cardiac ... cycles after right ... atrial passage
Rheumatic Heart Disease - Mitral Stenosis on Echocardiogram
(1) Thickened and fibrosed MV leaflets - rheumatic etiology
Echocardiogram (1) ... (2) Lvef 25-30% ... (4) All 4 cardiac ... (7) patient in atrial ... cardiology #a4c #thrombus
Amyloidosis - Summary
Group of disorders associated with extracellular deposition of fibrils formed from low-molecular-weight proteins in
Clinical suspicion ... 2. ... in AA and AL Cardiac ... activation → IL-1 ... disproportionate atrial