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ASE Echocardiographic Assessment of Valve Stenosis
 • Aortic Valve Stenosis
 • Mitral Valve Stenosis
 • Tricuspid
Stenosis • Aortic ... Valve Stenosis ... Echocardiogram #POCUS ... #diagnosis #cardiology ... #criteria #POCUS
ASE Echocardiography Guidelines for Evaluation of Valvular Regurgitation
 • Aortic Valve
 • Mitral Valve
 • Tricuspid
Regurgitation • Aortic ... Valve • Mitral ... Echocardiogram #POCUS ... #diagnosis #cardiology ... #criteria #POCUS
Severity of Aortic Stenosis in Adults 
Current ACC/AHA guidelines recommend cut-off values for Doppler-echocardiographic measurements of
Severity of Aortic ... as follows: aortic ... valve area (AVA ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology ... Classification #Severity #Criteria
Coronary Artery Embolism - Etiology and Scoring
Etiology:
 • Direct: Clot (LV thrombus, LAA Thrombus), Valve (Vegetation,
(LV thrombus, LAA ... Thrombus), Valve ... - Most Common Cause ... Artery #Embolism #diagnosis ... #cardiology
Echocardiography
Right ventricular function can be assessed using several methods and echocardiography is generally the first‐line tool
independent prognostic value ... predictive of all‐cause ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology ... #POCUS #Echocardiogram ... #Measurements #Criteria
Widened Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis and Pathophysiology

Pulse pressure is the difference between the systolic blood
disorders: - Aortic ... regurgitation - Aortic ... sclerosis (both heart valve ... Syndrome • Blunt Abdominal ... #cardiology
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
• Prosthetic valve ... CA • Involves aortic ... -> TEE • Duke Criteria ... block, annular or aortic ... #management #cardiology
Intracardiac Rhabdomyomas on Echocardiogram

Huge cardiac masses...initially diagnosed in utero, mass just beneath the aortic valve Anguished
...initially diagnosed ... just beneath the aortic ... valve Anguished ... Echocardiogram #clinical #cardiology ... #pocus #plax
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
risk (>5%): - Aortic ... one post op Cardiology ... and undergoing AAA ... or upper abdominal ... stratification #diagnosis
Endocarditis - Overview and Differential Diagnosis Framework

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV
Ovarian CA, involves aortic ... → TEE • Duke Criteria ... Treat underlying cause ... block, annular or aortic ... #cardiology #infectiousdiseases