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The Role of Echocardiography in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
 • Establish diagnosis & determine pattern of hypertrophy
 •
The Role of Echocardiography ... • Establish diagnosis ... • Evaluate for LV ... apical aneurysm ... #HCM #HOCM #Echocardiogram
What's the LV Mass equation again? Nevermind I think I can eyeball it (A4C)

From what I
What's the LV Mass ... Clinical #Cardiology #POCUS ... #Echocardiogram ... #A4C #HOCM #HCM ... #Hypertrophic #Cardiomyopathy
What's the LV Mass equation again? Nevermind I think I can eyeball it (PSAX)

From what I
What's the LV Mass ... Clinical #Cardiology #POCUS ... #Echocardiogram ... #PSAX #HOCM #HCM ... #Hypertrophic #Cardiomyopathy
Ebstein's Anomaly on Echocardiogram

• Failure of the TV to "de-laminate" from the RV
• An abnormality of
Affects RV & TV >> LV ... • Anterior and Apical ... Myopathy" (sometimes LV ... Ebsteins #Anomaly #A4c ... #POCUS #clinical
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 ... #echocardiogram
Apical Wall Motion Abnormality on POCUS Echocardiogram

LV apical wall motion abnormality on this 4-chamber view.
Differential should
Abnormality on POCUS ... Echocardiogram ... LV apical wall ... infarct vs Takotsubo cardiomyopathy ... clinical #cardiology #a4c
Echocardiographic criteria of LV Non-compaction
Chin Criteria (1990):
 • Absence of any other coexisting cardiac structural abnormality
Echocardiographic ... criteria of LV ... Doppler analysis #LV ... #Echocardiogram ... Chin #cardiology #diagnosis
Huge mural thrombus occupying 1/3 the LV.
MI effecting [LAD territory]

In PLAX view, The unechoic line between
occupying 1/3 the LV ... territory] In PLAX ... DD the [apical HOCM ... clinical #cardiology #echocardiogram ... #pocus #a4c
Restrictive Cardiomyopathy on Echocardiogram - Apical 4 Chamber View

RCM is a disease of diastole —> severe
Restrictive Cardiomyopathy ... - Apical 4 Chamber ... as LV dysfunction ... #clinical #pocus ... #cardiology #a4c
Hmm... I wonder why his fingers are black and his feet don't have pulses... Oh well.
Hmm... ... LV Thrombus at the ... #Echocardiogram ... #A4c #LVThrombus ... #Apical #LowEF