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Pulmonary Embolism on POCUS Echocardiogram

Mid 30's female with chest pain/dyspnea.  Triage EKG (no prior).
Differential/diagnosis ... Echocardiogram #A4c ... #clinical #cardiology ... #McConnells #sign ... #ClotInTransit
Pulmonary Embolism with IVC Thrombus In Transit

A patient presents with chest pain. Which of the following
with IVC Thrombus ... most support her diagnosis ... RV enlargement, McConnell ... echocardiogram #a4c ... #mcconnells
McConnell's Sign on POCUS Echocardiogram (A4C)

A4c view; RV enlargement & hypokinesis with apical sparing ("McConnell Sign"
Echocardiogram (A4C ... ) A4c view; RV ... Diagnosis concerning ... for Pulmonary Embolism ... Echocardiogram #A4C
Mitral Stenosis and Left Atrial Thrombus on Echocardiogram (a4c)

Mitral stenosis is a risk factor for LA
and Left Atrial ... (a4c) Mitral ... #Stenosis #Atrial ... #Thrombus #a4c ... Echocardiogram #clinical #cardiology
McConnell's Sign on POCUS Echocardiogram

2 patients w/ different diagnoses.  Both demonstrate an apical 4-chamber view
McConnell's Sign ... patients w/ different diagnoses ... strain related to pulmonary ... Echocardiogram #clinical #cardiology ... #a4c #labeled
Mediastinal Widening - Differential Diagnosis

 • Vascular: Aortic dissection, Aortic anourysm, Enlarged pulmonary arteries, Venous or
- Differential Diagnosis ... arteries, Venous or arterial ... ex: duplicated SVC ... Pneumomediastinum, Pericardial effusion ... #pulmonary #radiology
Graphic representation of transthoracic echocardiographic parameters in the assessment of right ventricular pressure overload. A′ = peak late
(or thrombi); RV ... ratio > I .0, and McConnell ... acceleration time of pulmonary ... Transthoracic #Diagnosis ... RightVentricular #Cardiology
Causes of mitral stenosis
Rheumatic heart disease
 - Most common cause worldwide. Commissural fusion, thick MV leaflets
Commissural fusion ... vegetations)/tumor (left atrial ... myxoma)/ball valve thrombus ... stenosis #Causes #diagnosis ... #differential #cardiology
Atrial Fibrillation (A-Fib) Summary

Symptoms:
• Palpitations, light-headedness, dizziness, dyspnea, exercise intolerance, chest pain, near-syncope, syncope.

Why?
Cardiac:
	• Valvular heart
Noncardiac: • Pulmonary ... thrombus • Digoxin ... Moderate or severe mitral ... Fibrillation #AFib #diagnosis ... #management #cardiology
Constrictive Pericarditis on Echocardiogram
A 55-year-old female marathon runner presents to clinic w/ 6-months of worsening breathlessness
circumferential pericardial effusion ... , (B) a septal mitral ... expiration not meeting diagnostic ... Echocardiogram #a4c ... pocus #clinical #cardiology