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LV Apical Thrombus on Echocardiogram

Ivan Stankovic, MD, PhD @Ivan_Echocardio

#LV #ventricular #Apical #Thrombus #a4c #Echocardiogram #clinical #cardiology
LV Apical Thrombus ... Ivan_Echocardio #LV ... #ventricular #Apical ... Echocardiogram #clinical #cardiology ... #pocus
LV apical thrombus on Echocardiogram

Another STEMI late comer with huge apical thrombus

Ivan Stankovic, MD, PhD @Ivan_Echocardio

#LV
LV apical thrombus ... Ivan_Echocardio #LV ... #ventricular #apical ... Echocardiogram #clinical #cardiology ... #pocus
D-Sign on Ultrasound
Right Ventricular Pressure vs Volume Overload
Eccentricity Index (EI) = D2/D1
RV Overload “D Sign” EI
D-Sign on Ultrasound ... Right Ventricular ... echocardiogram #psax ... #diagnosis #cardiology ... #pocus
Ebstein's Anomaly on Echocardiogram

• Failure of the TV to "de-laminate" from the RV
• An abnormality of
Affects RV & TV >> LV ... & MV • Ventricular ... • Anterior and Apical ... Myopathy" (sometimes LV ... Echocardiogram #POCUS
Myocarditis - Diagnosis and Causes
 • Clinical presentation: Pseudo-acute coronary syndrome, Cardiac failure <3 rnonths, Cardiogenic
Myocarditis - Diagnosis ... and Causes • ... rnonths, Cardiogenic ventricular ... Increases, Cardiac US: LV ... #Causes #cardiology
Causes of Primary and Functional Mitral Regurgitation (MR) 
Causes of primary mitral regurgitation
 - Rheumatic heart
- MV or LV papillary ... chest wall trauma, LV ... produced by LV ... often symmetric as LV ... #Cardiology
Right Ventricular Size and Measurements on POCUS Echocardiogram
 - Proximal Outflow Tract (PLAX View) >30 mm
Right Ventricular ... Measurements on POCUS ... #Measurements #POCUS ... Echocardiogram #diagnosis ... #cardiology
LV Pseudoaneurysm

• False “pseudo” aneurysm: rupture w/ blood contained *outside* wall layers. (case below)

• True aneurysm:
LV Pseudoaneurysm ... (case below) • ... HeartToProve #LV ... Pseudoaneurysm #Ventricular ... #Clinical #POCUS
Mechanical Complications in Acute Myocardial Infarction
Acute LV/RV Dysfunction:
 • Regional wall motion, systolic and diastolic function,
Infarction Acute LV ... HTN and LV/RV dysfunction ... rupture along LV ... anterior infarct in apical ... #differential #diagnosis
Echocardiographic criteria of LV Non-compaction
Chin Criteria (1990):
 • Absence of any other coexisting cardiac structural abnormality
Echocardiographic criteria of LV ... subxyphoid, and apical ... Doppler analysis #LV ... #Jenni #Chin #cardiology ... #diagnosis