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Pulmonary Embolism on Multiple POCUS Windows
Is your patient's hemodynamic deterioration a consequence of pulmonary embolism? Triangulate
- Dilated RV ... (PLAX) - Hyperdynamic ... Underfilled LV ... Flattening and Ventricular ... Interdependence (PSAX
Parasternal Short-Axis (PSSA) view with right ventricle (RV), circular left ventricle (LV), and papillary muscles #Clinical
right ventricle (RV ... left ventricle (LV ... papillary muscles #Clinical ... #Cardiology #POCUS ... #PSAX #ALiEM
Multiple LV Thrombi on Echocardiogram
Too much of a bad thing

- Ivan Stankovic, MD, PhD

#Multiple #LV #Thrombi
Multiple LV Thrombi ... #Multiple #LV ... #cardiology #a4c ... #plax #dilated ... #cardiomyopathy
Ebstein's Anomaly on Echocardiogram

• Failure of the TV to "de-laminate" from the RV
• An abnormality of
& TV >> LV & MV ... • Ventricular ... Myopathy" (sometimes LV ... Ebsteins #Anomaly #A4c ... Echocardiogram #POCUS
LV Thrombus on POCUS (PLAX)

60 yo man with PMH of dilated cardiomyopathy comes to ED with
LV Thrombus on POCUS ... (PLAX) 60 yo ... cardiomyopathy ... mass attached to LV ... #PLAX #Clot #DilatedCM
Proximal Aortic Dissection on POCUS Echocardiogram (PLAX)
42 yo F with chest pain, tachycardia and HTN. 
What
Echocardiogram (PLAX ... LA, LV, aortic root ... ascending aorta are dilated ... Echocardiogram #PLAX ... #clinical #cardiology
Left Ventricular Non-Compaction Cardiomyopathy
First described 80 years or so ago, it occurs secondary to the failure
Left Ventricular ... (or sometimes RV ... As normal development ... , dilated cardiomyopathy ... echocardiogram #psax
D-Sign in a lady with Massive PE - The LV should always be round like a
Massive PE - The LV ... overwhelm the RV ... LV takes shape of ... #POCUS #Cardiac ... Echocardiogram #PSAX
LV Pseudoaneurysm

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

• True aneurysm:
LV Pseudoaneurysm ... HeartToProve #LV ... #Clinical #POCUS ... #CardiacMRI #PSAX ... #A4C #Echocardiogram
Apical 4-chamber (A4) Apical 4 Chamber view demonstrating the right ventricle (RV), right atrium (RA), left
right ventricle (RV ... left ventricle (LV ... of the septum #Clinical ... EM #Cardiology #POCUS ... #FourChamber #ALiEM