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POCUS Echocardiography - Table of Cardiac Views and Windows
 • Parastemal Long-Axis View (PLAX)
 • Parasternal
POCUS Echocardiography ... - Table of Cardiac ... -Chamber View (A4C ... Aortic Valve (AV) Level ... #Cardiac #TTE #
Systemic Sclerosis (Scleroderma)
Multi-system autoimmune disease characterized by vasculopathy and progressive fibrosis of skin and internal organs
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Multi-system autoimmune ... Symptoms: • Cardiac ... (interstitial lung ... #rheumatology # ... diagnosis #signs
Cardiac metastasis of lung cancer (2D/3D TTE)

What is the most common type of cancer to metastasize
of lung cancer ... cancer (10%–12%) & hematologic ... malignancies (10%–21%): malignant ... echocardiogram #pocus ... #a4c #3d
Hemolytic Anemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 • Sickle cells - Consider sickle cell disease (diverse genotypes):
genotypes): SS, SC ... aHUS, mechanical cardiac ... valve, vasculitis, malignant ... elliptocytosis, autoimmune ... Algorithm #workup #hematology
Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Vascular Causes of Acute Liver Injury: 
 • Hepatic vein:
Celiac disease • Autoimmune ... : Autoimmune hepatitis ... CA, small cell lung ... Biliary stone, Malignancy ... Skeletal muscle, cardiac
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
absence of intrinsic lung ... left heart 3-6 cardiac ... Arterial blood gas (ABC ... on radioactive lung ... #treatment #hepatology
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
disease • Non-autoimmune ... Infections • Malignancy ... (e.g. hematologic ... 5% of patients Cardiac ... Cytopenias • Cardiac
Portopulmonary Hypertension
Presence of pulmonary arterial hypertension in a patient with portal hypertension
No other obvious causes (chronic
causes (chronic lung ... m/s • Other signs ... hemodynamics Liver ... Hypertension #diagnosis #management ... #hepatology
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 ... regurgitation • Autoimmune ... night sweats, fever ... Endocarditis #diagnosis #management
Blood Transfusion Reactions

Immune Mediated:
 • Febrile Non-Hemolytic Transfusion Reaction (FNHTR): Most common immune reaction to transfusion.
Related Acute Lung ... • Transfusion Cardiac ... RBCs (stored at 4C ... Transfusion #diagnosis #management ... #hematology #reactions