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Left Ventricular Myxoma on POCUS Echocardiogram

25 year old female presented with worsening dyspnoea on effort and
Left Ventricular ... Myxoma on POCUS ... had uneventful surgery ... #Cardiac #Myxoma ... #LV #POCUS #Echocardiogram
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
exam Determine Cardiac ... dysfunction or LV ... Risk Stratify Type ... What is the type ... upper abdominal/thoracic
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
/ hypoxemia -> focus ... regional ischemia, surgery ... perfusion - Cardiac ... Hypovolemia - LV ... failure - Low cardiac
This is a suprasternal notch view demonstrating an aortic flap in a patient with a Stanford
with a Stanford Type ... B thoracic aortic ... The POCUS allowed ... the CV surgeon ... #CardiacUS #SuprasternalNotch