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The Role of Echocardiography in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
 • Establish diagnosis & determine pattern of hypertrophy
 •
direction of mitral regurgitation ... • Evaluate for LV ... apical aneurysm ... Echocardiogram #cardiology ... #diagnosis
Mitral Regurgitation on POCUS Echocardiogram - Apical 4 Chamber

Before blousing fluids, check for LV systolic function
on POCUS Echocardiogram ... - Apical 4 Chamber ... fluids, check for LV ... #A4c #cardiology ... #clinical #MR #Color
Mitral Regurgitation on POCUS Echocardiogram - Apical 4 Chamber

Before blousing fluids, check for LV systolic function
on POCUS Echocardiogram ... - Apical 4 Chamber ... fluids, check for LV ... #A4c #cardiology ... #clinical #MR #Color
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 ... Echocardiogram #POCUS
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
Echocardiographic criteria of LV Non-compaction
Chin Criteria (1990):
 • Absence of any other coexisting cardiac structural abnormality
Echocardiographic criteria of LV ... intraventricular blood on color ... Doppler analysis #LV ... #Jenni #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 ... DD the [apical HOCM ... Thrombus #clinical #cardiology ... echocardiogram #pocus ... #a4c