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Pulmonary Embolism on Multiple POCUS Windows
Is your patient's hemodynamic deterioration a consequence of pulmonary embolism? Triangulate
on Multiple POCUS ... - Dilated RV (PLAX ... Hyperdynamic Underfilled LV ... Interdependence (PSAX ... Embolism #AcutePE #clinical
Multiple LV Thrombi on Echocardiogram
Too much of a bad thing

- Ivan Stankovic, MD, PhD

#Multiple #LV #Thrombi
Multiple LV Thrombi ... #Multiple #LV ... Echocardiogram #clinical ... #cardiology #a4c ... #plax #dilated
Aortic and Mitral Valve Vegetations in Endocarditis on POCUS - PLAX

Why would this 30 y/o male
in Endocarditis ... on POCUS - PLAX ... mitral valves and pulmonary ... #Endocarditis # ... POCUS #PLAX #clinical
24 yo M sent from clinic to ED for + blood cultures. POCUS shows aortic valve
yo M sent from clinic ... valve vegetation ... Also, LV dilation ... #Cardiac #PLAX ... #Endocarditis #
Mitral Valve Endocarditis on POCUS Echocardiogram
66 yo presents with petechiae to lower extremities. Pt had mitral
Mitral Valve Endocarditis ... Here you see a vegetation ... #MitralValve #Endocarditis ... #clinical #cardiology ... #a4c #plax
D-Sign in a lady with Massive PE - The LV should always be round like a
Massive PE - The LV ... When ↑ pulmonary ... LV takes shape of ... #POCUS #Cardiac ... Echocardiogram #PSAX
Complex mitral valve endocarditis with pericardial effusion, myocardial abscess, and reduced LV systolic function - Echocardiogram
abscess, and reduced LV ... Echocardiogram (PLAX ... myocardial #abscess #plax ... Echocardiogram #clinical ... #cardiology #pocus
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 ... #clinical #cardiology ... echocardiogram #pocus ... #a4c
What's the Dx?
• 29-year-old male 
• Transfer community hospital 
• Hypotension
• Renal failure
• Altered mental status.
consistent with a vegetation ... secondary to endocarditis ... applying color Doppler ... #Clinical #POCUS ... Echocardiogram #PLAX
LV Pseudoaneurysm

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

• True aneurysm:
LV Pseudoaneurysm ... HeartToProve #LV ... #Ventricular #Clinical ... #POCUS #CardiacMRI ... #PSAX #A4C #Echocardiogram