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Left Ventricular Thrombus Arterial Embolization on Echocardiogram- Caught in Action! 

The TTE was ordered for cardioembolic
on Echocardiogram ... Mina Iskander MD, MSc ... #Thrombus #Embolization ... #Clinical #POCUS ... #echocardiogram
Graphic representation of transthoracic echocardiographic parameters in the assessment of right ventricular pressure overload. A′ = peak late
(or thrombi); RV ... acceleration time of pulmonary ... ejection ms and ... cmls) #TTE #Echocardiogram ... Transthoracic #Diagnosis
Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension (CTEPH) and Pulmonary Thromboendarterectomy
Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension
Definition: mean pulmonary-artery pressure > 25mmHg
Plexiform-lesion formation Clinical ... regurgitation) Diagnosis ... Vessels Thrombi ... Vessels Thrombi ... #management
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
quantify renal injury ... o infection • Echocardiogram ... blood retum in serial ... #differential #diagnosis ... #management #treatment
Mallet Finger
Absence of a fracture does NOT exclude Mallet finger, the extension function of the DIP
joint needs to be clinically ... : Hyperflexion injury ... with axial load ... Radiology #XRay #Diagnosis ... #Orthopedics #MSK
Cool echo - RV strain, McConnell sign, and CLOT IN TRANSIT!! BP is normal and pt
What's your management ... @eabramsMD #Clinical ... #POCUS #Echocardiogram ... McConnells #Sign #Pulmonary ... #Embolism #Thrombus
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
Differential Diagnosis ... cardiomyopathy • Pulmonary ... LVEDd > 6.0 cm, LV thrombus ... Clinical • Under-recognized ... Serial TTE and close
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
liver or renal injury ... / hypoxemia -> focus ... output - Acute pulmonary ... ’s • Reduced Arterial ... gluconeogenesis Liver Injury
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
murmur 3/6) - Pulmonary ... Change in clinical ... days before Pulmonary ... medical and surgical management ... stratification #diagnosis
Fusarium Infections
Acquired through:
1. Inhalation of airborne conidia > germinates > blood > disseminated
2. Trauma (implantation with
incubation 4 major clinical ... Refractory FUO, Sino-pulmonary ... on the type of injury ... infectiousdiseases #diagnosis ... #management