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Constrictive Pericarditis on Echocardiogram
A 55-year-old female marathon runner presents to clinic w/ 6-months of worsening breathlessness
runner presents to clinic ... Kussmaul's sign, marked pedal ... expiration not meeting diagnostic ... #a4c #pocus #clinical ... #cardiology
Severity of Aortic Stenosis in Adults 
Current ACC/AHA guidelines recommend cut-off values for Doppler-echocardiographic measurements of
>50 mmHg (2) (Table ... common problem in clinical ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology ... AorticStenosis #Classification
Cortical Desmoid - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • Circumscribed, small cortically based Tl -hypointense and T 2-hyperintense
Differential diagnosis ... MR is able to distinguish ... Cortical #Desmoid #clinical ... #mri #clinical ... #Radiology #diagnosis
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
diagnosis but rather ... fatigue, altered mental ... algorithm #management #cardiology ... #treatment #table ... #pharmacology
Septal Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HOCM)

52yo worsening exertional sx and murmur. EKG nonspecific, Serial trops (-) 
EM resident
EKG nonspecific, Serial ... MRI (+) septal HCM ... Cardiomyopathy #HOCM #HCM ... #clinical #echocardiogram ... #plax #cardiology
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
Clinical • Under-recognized ... during Delivery • Stable ... support for patients clinically ... deteriorating on medical ... #management #cardiology
Gerbode Defect (LV → RA Shunt) on Echocardiogram

After MVR, on second post op day surgeon heard
→ RA Shunt) on Echocardiogram ... Patient stable hemodynamically ... Loud PSM is heard ... #POCUS #clinical ... #cardiology #a4c
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
Medical history ... Change in clinical ... one post op Cardiology ... perioperative medical ... stratification #diagnosis
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
our friends from Cardiology ... are typically able ... #diagnosis #algorithm ... #cardiology #echocardiogram ... #management #clinical
Intracardiac Rhabdomyomas on Echocardiogram

Huge cardiac masses...initially diagnosed in utero, mass just beneath the aortic valve Anguished
Rhabdomyomas on Echocardiogram ... masses...initially diagnosed ... Anguished face but clinically ... completely stable ... #clinical #cardiology