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POCUS Echocardiography - Table of Cardiac Views and Windows
 • Parastemal Long-Axis View (PLAX)
 • Parasternal
View • Right Ventricular ... : Aortic Valve ( ... : Mitral Valve ( ... #TTE #Echocardiogram ... Echocardiography #Cardiology
Causes of Sudden Cardiac Arrest
Primary Myocardial Processes (> 90%):
 • Acquired structural heart disease: CAD, Most
Causes of Sudden ... Cardiac Arrest ... Arrhythmogenic right ventricular ... #Arrest #cardiology ... #differential #diagnosis
Arrhythmias - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
May present as: palpitations, dizziness, syncope, chest discomfort
Cardiac Causes:
 - Structural
- Differential Diagnosis ... chest discomfort Cardiac ... • Valve disease ... Abnormalities • Ectopic ... #Arrhythmias #Cardiology
Causes of Palpitations
 • ARRHYTHMiA 
 • SINUS ARRYTHMIA 
 • ATRIAL FIBRILLATION 
 • ATRIAL
Causes of Palpitations ... • PREMATURE VENTRICULAR ... SYPATHOMIMETICS • CARDIAC ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Cardiology
Cardiac Stress Testing
Exercise:
 • Everyone who can exercise should!
 • They must be able to raise
Cardiac Stress Testing ... 85% of predicted value ... production to cause ... Contraindications: Pts with ventricular ... Stress #Testing #cardiology
Intracardiac Rhabdomyomas on Echocardiogram

Huge cardiac masses...initially diagnosed in utero, mass just beneath the aortic valve Anguished
Huge cardiac ... diagnosed in utero ... beneath the aortic valve ... #clinical #cardiology ... #pocus #plax
Echocardiography
Right ventricular function can be assessed using several methods and echocardiography is generally the first‐line tool
Echocardiography Right ventricular ... independent prognostic value ... predictive of all‐cause ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology ... #POCUS #Echocardiogram
Local Anaesthetic Toxicity - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Signs of severe toxicity:
 • Sudden alteration in
with or without tonic-clonic ... , asystole and ventricular ... problem. ❸ Call for cardiac ... arrest trolley ... Intraoperative #Checklist #Diagnosis
Intraoperative Cardiac Ischaemia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

If the patient is unconscious, signs of cardiac
Guidelines for Crises ... , particularly ventricular ... arrest trolley ... consultation with cardiology ... Intraoperative #Checklist #Diagnosis
Neuroprotection following Cardiac Arrest - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Outcome from cardiac arrest is determined by
for Crises in Anaesthesia ... and discuss with cardiology ... develop (Box B). ❾ Plan ... Guidelines for crises ... Intraoperative #Checklist #Diagnosis