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Antithrombotic Therapy in Patients with Prosthetic Heart Valves - INR Targets
Mechanical Valve - Duration Lifelong
INR 3.0:
with Prosthetic Heart ... thromboembolism, LV ... thromboembolism, LV ... 3 months - as long ... #Valves #cardiology
POCUS Echocardiography - Table of Cardiac Views and Windows
 • Parastemal Long-Axis View (PLAX)
 • Parasternal
POCUS Echocardiography ... View (PLAX) • ... Aortic Valve (AV ... Echocardiogram #Heart ... Echocardiography #Cardiology
Coronary Artery Embolism - Etiology and Scoring
Etiology:
 • Direct: Clot (LV thrombus, LAA Thrombus), Valve (Vegetation,
Direct: Clot (LV ... Venous System/Right Heart ... non-culprit vessels • Atrial ... Embolism #diagnosis #differential ... scoring #criteria #cardiology
Parasternal Short Axis Windows:

Aortic Valve, Mitral Valve, and Papillary Muscle Views

Understanding long and short axes in
Understanding long ... motion to image the LV ... cianmcdermott #PSAX ... Echocardiogram #POCUS ... Views #Clinical #Cardiology
Graphic representation of transthoracic echocardiographic parameters in the assessment of right ventricular pressure overload. A′ = peak late
; LV = left ventricle ... TRPG = tricuspid valve ... with basal RV/LV ... the tricuspic valve ... RightVentricular #Cardiology
Parasternal Long Axis view with measurement. Note the right ventricle (RV), interventricular septum (S), left ventricle
left ventricle (LV ... ), left atrium ( ... descending deep to the heart ... #Clinical #EM #Cardiology ... #POCUS #Parasternal
Right-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac Causes - Rule out Left-Sided Heart Failure (Most Common):
Right-Sided Heart ... Failure - Differential ... out Left-Sided Heart ... Cardiomyopathy - Valves ... #HeartFailure #Cardiology
Causes of mitral stenosis
Rheumatic heart disease
 - Most common cause worldwide. Commissural fusion, thick MV leaflets
stenosis Rheumatic heart ... vegetations)/tumor (left atrial ... myxoma)/ball valve ... thrombus - When ... #cardiology
Cardiac LV Thrombus on Echocardiogram Short-Axis View (PSAX)
48 year old woman in ICU for acute ischemic
Cardiac LV Thrombus ... What are the next POCUS ... : serial blood cultures ... are all of some value ... #cardiology
Causes of Primary and Functional Mitral Regurgitation (MR) 
Causes of primary mitral regurgitation
 - Rheumatic heart
- Rheumatic heart ... plane into left atrium ... parachute mitral valve ... Primary #Functional #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology