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Focus Assessed Transthoracic Echo (FATE) - Basic FATE views

Pos 1: Subcostal 4-chamber

Pos 2: Apical 4-chamber

Pos 3:
3: Parasternal LV ... Transthoracic #Echocardiogram ... Windows #Protocol #Ultrasound
Parasternal Short Axis (PSAX) Window - POCUS Echocardiogram Anatomy
 - Papillary Muscles Level (Mid-LV)
 - Aortic
Window - POCUS Echocardiogram ... Muscles Level (Mid-LV ... Windows #Anatomy #echocardiogram
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 ... apical) creates LV
Schematic examples of the cause of acute mitral regurgitation. 
LV, left ventricle; PM, papillary mucle; SAM,
examples of the cause ... LV, left ventricle ... MR #Diagnosis #Causes
Ebstein's Anomaly on Echocardiogram

• Failure of the TV to "de-laminate" from the RV
• An abnormality of
Ebstein's Anomaly on Echocardiogram ... Affects RV & TV >> LV ... Myopathy" (sometimes LV ... #Anomaly #A4c #Echocardiogram
D-Sign in a lady with Massive PE - The LV should always be round like a
Massive PE - The LV ... LV takes shape of ... POCUS #Cardiac #Echocardiogram
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 ... Echocardiography #echocardiogram
Myocarditis - Diagnosis and Causes
 • Clinical presentation: Pseudo-acute coronary syndrome, Cardiac failure <3 rnonths, Cardiogenic
Diagnosis and Causes ... Increases, Cardiac US: LV ... diagnosis: Ischernic cause ... differential #Diagnosis #Causes
RV Strain in Pulmonary Embolism on POCUS Echocardiogram

A patient is brought by EMS intubated and hypotensive.
Embolism on POCUS Echocardiogram ... massive embolus-->LV ... Embolism #POCUS #Echocardiogram ... #clinical #ultrasound
ASD on Bubble Contrast Echocardiogram (a4c)
A patient with an anterior STEMI (take a look at the
Bubble Contrast Echocardiogram ... a look at the LV ... Bubble #Contrast #Echocardiogram