22 results
D-Sign on Ultrasound
Right Ventricular Pressure vs Volume Overload
Eccentricity Index (EI) = D2/D1
RV Overload “D Sign” EI
D-Sign on Ultrasound ... @Pocus101 #DSign ... #Ultrasound #echocardiogram ... psax #diagnosis #cardiology
POCUS Pearls for Tamponade
- Pericardial Effusion
- Diastolic Right Ventricular Collapse
- Systolic Right Atrial Collapse
- Plethoric Inferior
Collapse - Plethoric Inferior ... Diagnosis #Evaluation #Cardiology ... #Effusion #Echocardiogram ... #Ultrasound
Ebstein's Anomaly on Echocardiogram

• Failure of the TV to "de-laminate" from the RV
• An abnormality of
Ebstein's Anomaly on Echocardiogram ... universal • Anterior ... Rotation of the Functional ... #Anomaly #A4c #Echocardiogram ... POCUS #clinical #cardiology
LVOTO due to SAM on POCUS Echocardiogram

Septic patient after IV fluids and initiation of Levophed. Worsening
to SAM on POCUS Echocardiogram ... #Systolic #Anterior ... #HOCM #POCUS #Echocardiogram ... #ultrasound #Cardiology
Echocardiography
Right ventricular function can be assessed using several methods and echocardiography is generally the first‐line tool
Right ventricular function ... can be assessed using ... Fractional area ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology ... #POCUS #Echocardiogram
Severe Aortic Stenosis on POCUS

Calcified Aortic valve leaflets with minimal opening. LVH likely secondary to AS
preserved systolic function ... to discuss with cardiology ... Stenosis #POCUS #Echocardiogram ... #Ultrasound #PLAX ... #Clinical #Cardiology
Anterior Regional Wall Motion Abnormality on POCUS Echocardiogram - PSAX
PSLA window from echocardiogram done on admission
Anterior Regional ... RWMA anterior wall ... initial echo done during ... RJonesSonoEM #Anterior ... #ultrasound #Cardiology
Anterior Regional Wall Motion Abnormality on POCUS Echocardiogram 
PSLA window from echocardiogram done on admission of
Anterior Regional ... RWMA anterior wall ... initial echo done during ... RJonesSonoEM #Anterior ... #ultrasound #Cardiology
Mechanical Complications in Acute Myocardial Infarction
Acute LV/RV Dysfunction:
 • Regional wall motion, systolic and diastolic function,
and diastolic function ... • Typically anterior ... anteroapical (anterior ... of contracts) during ... Infarction #acuteMI #cardiology
Right heart dysfunction and failure in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: mechanisms and management 
Source:
ejection time; FAC, fractional ... area change; IVC, inferior ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology ... #Echocardiogram