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Ebstein's Anomaly on Echocardiogram

• Failure of the TV to "de-laminate" from the RV
• An abnormality of
Affects RV & TV >> LV ... & MV • Ventricular ... Myopathy" (sometimes LV ... Echocardiogram #POCUS ... #clinical #cardiology
ASE Echocardiographic Evaluation of LV Diastolic Function
 - Myocardial Function and LV Filling
 - Criteria for
ASE Echocardiographic ... Evaluation of LV ... Function #diastology #cardiology ... #diagnosis #echocardiography ... echocardiogram #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
Diastolic Dysfunction Grading - Echocardiography
Grade 0  (Normal):
 • E/A >0.8, e’ > 8 cm/s, E/e’
Relaxation & Decreased LV ... Mild Decrease in LV ... Moderate Decrease in LV ... Severe Decrease in LV ... #cardiology #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
ASE Echocardiography Guidelines for Chamber Quantification of the Left Heart
 - LV Dimensions
 - LV Volumes
ASE Echocardiography ... Left Heart - LV ... Quantification #cardiology ... #pocus #diagnosis ... #LV #POCUS
Echocardiographic criteria of LV Non-compaction
Chin Criteria (1990):
 • Absence of any other coexisting cardiac structural abnormality
Echocardiographic ... criteria of LV ... Doppler analysis #LV ... #Jenni #Chin #cardiology ... #diagnosis
Right heart dysfunction and failure in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: mechanisms and management 
Source:
representation of echocardiographic ... assessment of right ventricular ... , left atrium; LV ... ; RVEDD, right ventricular ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Echocardiography
Right ventricular function can be assessed using several methods and echocardiography is generally the first‐line tool
Echocardiography ... Right ventricular ... predictive of all‐cause ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology ... #POCUS #Echocardiogram
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