5 results
Differentiating NBTE from Infective Endocarditis
No pathognomonic signs/symptoms or echo features that are specific to NBTE, and
demonstration of platelet thrombi ... high index of clinical ... suspicion is required ... for diagnosis! ... #table
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
• Pulmonary embolus ... LVEDd > 6.0 cm, LV thrombus ... Pts: cardiogenic shock ... and timing with Cardio-OB ... follow-up with Cardio-OB
This is the bedside Echo of a critically ill young lady who was transferred in profound
Her working diagnoses ... ahead of her was able ... #POCUS #Cardiac ... A4C #MassivePE #Embolism ... #Thrombus #Clots
Cardiac Tamponade on Echocardiogram in Slow Motion (PLAX)
EchoProTip: Does this patient has a potentially hemodynamically compromising
Cardiac Tamponade ... on Echocardiogram ... Clinical diagnosis ... Hemodynamically stable ... tamponade of shock
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
of the resting cardiac ... heart (Sepsis, Shock ... #diagnosis #algorithm ... #cardiology #echocardiogram ... #management #clinical