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D-Sign on Ultrasound
Right Ventricular Pressure vs Volume Overload
Eccentricity Index (EI) = D2/D1
RV Overload “D Sign” EI
D-Sign on Ultrasound ... ” EI > 1 - POCUS ... @Pocus101 #DSign ... #psax #diagnosis ... #cardiology #pocus
POCUS Echocardiography - Table of Cardiac Views and Windows
 • Parastemal Long-Axis View (PLAX)
 • Parasternal
- Table of Cardiac ... Echocardiogram #Heart ... Orientations #Atlas #Map ... #Comparison #Table ... Echocardiography #Cardiology
Replacement Heart Valves - Mechanical and Bioprosthetic
Mechanical Valves:
 • Ball and Cage Valves: Hufnagel Caged Ball
Replacement Heart ... popular mechanical design ... Bioprosthetic #comparison ... #table #thoracic ... #cardiology
Air gap sign: loss of cardiac image during systole in Pneumopericardium
Interesting observation –loss of cardiac window
Air gap sign: loss ... Pneumopericardium #clinical #cardiology ... echocardiogram #a4c #plax ... #pocus #airgap ... #sign
Pericardial Consistency Comparison on POCUS - Blood, Fat, Pus and Serous

Unclotted blood remains anechoic around clotted
on POCUS - Blood ... move with the heart ... Purulent pceff may ... have loculations moving ... Table #Echocardiogram
Point of Care Ultrasound - Probe Movements
SWEEPING:
Here we slide the probe along a slug trail of
Point of Care Ultrasound ... At first, the heart ... may not be in line ... to view it in LAX ... #POCUS #Nomenclature
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
Decompensated Heart ... importantly, bedside ultrasound ... then be excreted using ... algorithm #management #cardiology ... #treatment #table
Bullet Embolization in the Right Ventricle on POCUS Echocardiogram
22M s/p GSW to left mid-abdomen. Positive FAST
What's going on ... The CXR may be helpful ... embolization to the right heart ... UAB Emergency Ultrasound ... Echocardiogram #clinical #cardiology