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Assessing Pain - Kids <4 Years: Very limited communication; Can use the FLACC Scale (Faces, Legs,
communication; Can use the FLACC ... Peds #Pediatrics #FLACC ... #PainScale #Assessment
Ventricular Aneurysm on Fluoroscopy

ALAA GABI, MD, FACC, RPVI @alaa_gabi

#Ventricular #LV #Aneurysm #Fluoroscopy #Clinical #CathLab #Cardiology #Angiography
ALAA GABI, MD, FACC ... #Ventricular #LV
Apical 4-chamber (A4) Apical 4 Chamber view demonstrating the right ventricle (RV), right atrium (RA), left
Apical 4-chamber ... (A4) Apical 4 Chamber ... left ventricle (LV ... Cardiology #POCUS #Apical
For children greater than one year who are preverbal, a well performing scale is the FLACC
performing scale is the FLACC ... PostOperative #PainScale ... #rFLACC #Assessment
Focus Assessed Transthoracic Echo (FATE) - Basic FATE views

Pos 1: Subcostal 4-chamber

Pos 2: Apical 4-chamber

Pos 3:
chamber Pos 2: Apical ... 3: Parasternal LV
Ebstein's Anomaly on Echocardiogram

• Failure of the TV to "de-laminate" from the RV
• An abnormality of
Affects RV & TV >> LV ... • Anterior and Apical ... Myopathy" (sometimes LV
The Role of Echocardiography in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
 • Establish diagnosis & determine pattern of hypertrophy
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• Evaluate for LV ... apical aneurysm
D-Sign in a lady with Massive PE - The LV should always be round like a
Massive PE - The LV ... LV takes shape of ... a Capital “D" !
Causes of Primary and Functional Mitral Regurgitation (MR) 
Causes of primary mitral regurgitation
 - Rheumatic heart
- MV or LV papillary ... chest wall trauma, LV ... produced by LV ... papillary muscles apically ... pacing (especially apical
Echocardiographic criteria of LV Non-compaction
Chin Criteria (1990):
 • Absence of any other coexisting cardiac structural abnormality
Echocardiographic criteria of LV ... subxyphoid, and apical ... short axis and apical ... Doppler analysis #LV