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Pulmonary Embolism on POCUS Echocardiogram

Mid 30's female with chest pain/dyspnea.  Triage EKG (no prior).
Differential/diagnosis ... POCUS (apical window ... RV, McConnell's sign ... Echocardiogram #A4c ... #clinical #cardiology
Apical 2-Chamber (A2C) Window on POCUS Echocardiogram

Helpful to distinguish anterior and inferior regional wall motion abnormalities.
POCUS Echocardiogram ... In this case, severely ... EF -> visible mural ... thrombus (star) ... #window #pocus #
Huge mural thrombus occupying 1/3 the LV.
MI effecting [LAD territory]

In PLAX view, The unechoic line between
Huge mural thrombus ... DD the [apical HOCM ... #Thrombus #clinical ... #cardiology #echocardiogram ... #pocus #a4c
McConnell's Sign on POCUS Echocardiogram (A4C)

A4c view; RV enlargement & hypokinesis with apical sparing ("McConnell Sign"
on POCUS Echocardiogram ... hypokinesis with apical ... Diagnosis concerning ... #POCUS #Echocardiogram ... #ultrasound #cardiology
Constrictive Pericarditis on POCUS Echocardiogram - Apical 3-Chamber View

Young Lupus patient admitted to hospital new onset
Pericarditis on POCUS ... Echocardiogram - Apical ... could pinpoint the cause ... Had diagnostic tap-fever ... #A3C #SeptalBounce
McConnell's Sign on POCUS Echocardiogram

2 patients w/ different diagnoses.  Both demonstrate an apical 4-chamber view
on POCUS Echocardiogram ... patients w/ different diagnoses ... demonstrate an apical ... #clinical #cardiology ... #a4c #labeled
Bronchiectasis is defined as localized bronchial dilatation.
The diagnosis of bronchiectasis is usually based on a combination
The diagnosis of ... represents an axial ... The most common cause ... infection, usually viral ... #Diagnosis #Radiology
Mechanical Complications in Acute Myocardial Infarction
Acute LV/RV Dysfunction:
 • Regional wall motion, systolic and diastolic function,
poor prognostic signs ... • Typically ↑ mitral ... • Stasis and thrombus ... anterior infarct in apical ... #differential #diagnosis
Constrictive Pericarditis on Echocardiogram
A 55-year-old female marathon runner presents to clinic w/ 6-months of worsening breathlessness
ASA, Kussmaul's sign ... , (B) a septal mitral ... expiration not meeting diagnostic ... Echocardiogram #a4c ... #pocus #clinical
Ebstein Anomaly on Echocardiogram

Ebstein anomaly. The tricuspid valve is ALWAYS more apically displaced than the mitral
displaced than the mitral ... commonest congenital cause ... Ebstein #Anomaly #POCUS ... Echocardiogram #cardiology ... #a4c