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POCUS Echocardiography - Table of Cardiac Views and Windows
 • Parastemal Long-Axis View (PLAX)
 • Parasternal
- Table of Cardiac ... View (PLAX) • ... Echocardiogram #Heart ... #Orientations #Atlas ... #Map #Comparison
Hemorrhagic Pericardial Effusions (Hemopericardium)- Differential Diagnosis Framework

IATROGENIC DISEASE
Secondary to invasive cardiac procedures

NONIATROGENIC
• Malignancy (e.g., metastatic spread:
NONIATROGENIC • Malignancy ... metastatic spread: lung ... OTHER RARE CAUSES ... • PRIMARY Cardiac ... hemorrhagic fluid may
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
Non-Infectious (NTBE): • Malignancy ... verrucous) • Lung ... Hypercoagulable (APLAS ... Septic Emboli Cause ... occlusion that may
Cardiac incisura
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On the right side of the chest the lung will lie against
may not reach the ... wall, since the heart ... pericardial fat or effusion ... This causes a density ... #Clinical #Radiology
Hemoptysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Massive Hemoptysis: >150-300 mL in 24h
Airway disease: 
 • Bronchitis, Bronchiectasis, Malignancy
: Primary lung, ... Goodpasture's, SLE Cardiac ... regurgitation, Tricuspid endocarditis ... ), Heart failure ... Diagnosis #pulmonary #causes
Amyloidosis on POCUS Echocardiogram - Parasternal long axis (PLAX)
Pt with systemic AL amyloidosis presents with 1
Amyloidosis on POCUS ... - Parasternal long ... appearance of heart ... large pericardial effusion ... #PLAX
Endocarditis - Overview and Differential Diagnosis Framework

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV
Non-Infectious (NTBE): • Malignancy ... , verrucous) - Lung ... Hypercoagulable (APLAS ... Septic emboli cause ... occlusion that may
Cardiac metastasis of lung cancer (2D/3D TTE)

What is the most common type of cancer to metastasize
of lung cancer ... Lung cancer 36% ... malignancies (10%–21%): malignant ... (>1/2 melanoma cases ... echocardiogram #pocus
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
e.g., uptake by cells ... / hypoxemia -> focus ... drugs, seizures, malignancy ... - Cardiac arrest ... failure - Low cardiac
Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Vascular Causes of Acute Liver Injury: 
 • Hepatic vein:
Algorithm Vascular Causes ... CA, small cell lung ... Biliary stone, Malignancy ... Skeletal muscle, cardiac ... kidneys • LDH: Heart