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Focused Abdominal Aorta Ultrasound - Transducer positions for aortic scan. Proximal (A), Mid-aorta (B), Distal (C),
Focused Abdominal Aorta ... positions for aortic ... Longitudinal (D) #EM #Radiology ... #Vasc #POCUS #AAA ... #Positioning #ALiEM
Coarctation of Aorta (CoA) & Interrupted Aortic Arch (IAA)
 • Prevalence
 • Anatomy of CoA
 •
Coarctation of Aorta ... & Interrupted Aortic ... Arch (IAA) • ... #Arch #IAA #cardiology ... pediatrics #peds #diagnosis
Aortic aneurysm (aaa) measuring 6 cm wide with mural thrombus (asterisks) #Clinical #Diagnosis #EM #Radiology #Vasc
Aortic aneurysm ... asterisks) #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #EM #Radiology ... #Vasc #POCUS #AAA ... MuralThrombus #Transverse #ALiEM
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
CA • Involves aortic ... Diagnosis? ... block, annular or aortic ... #diagnosis #management ... #cardiology
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 ... medical and surgical management ... stratification #diagnosis
Marantic Endocarditis 

Epidemiology:
 - Incidence of non-bacterial thrombotic endocarditis (marantic endocarditis if associated with cancer) is
Marantic Endocarditis ... (marantic endocarditis ... on mitral and aortic ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Cardiology