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Lead aVR on EKG
Lead aVR can provide some unique insight into 5 different conditions:

 - Acute
using the Vereckei criteria ... better than Brugada criteria ... ) #Diagnosis # ... Cardiology #EKG ... #AVR #Utility #ALiEM
ASE Echocardiographic Assessment of Valve Stenosis
 • Aortic Valve Stenosis
 • Mitral Valve Stenosis
 • Tricuspid
Echocardiogram #POCUS ... #diagnosis #cardiology ... #criteria #POCUS
Positive FAST in the RUQ view demonstrating echogenic clot in Morison’s pouch with adjacent anechoic free
(*) #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #EM #Trauma #Radiology ... #POCUS #FAST #FASTExam ... HepatorenalRecess #Positive #ALiEM
Transducer location to evaluate the femoral vein and normal ultrasound images showing common femoral artery (A)
#Clinical #Diagnosis ... #EM #Radiology ... #Vasc #POCUS #DVT ... #Positioning #ALiEM
Transducer location to evaluate the popliteal vein and normal ultrasound images showing popliteal artery (A) and
#Clinical #Diagnosis ... #EM #Radiology ... #Vasc #POCUS #DVT ... #Positioning #ALiEM
ASE Echocardiography Guidelines for Evaluation of Valvular Regurgitation
 • Aortic Valve
 • Mitral Valve
 • Tricuspid
Echocardiogram #POCUS ... #diagnosis #cardiology ... #criteria #POCUS
Positive DVT study showing thrombus in the femoral vein (v), adjacent to the femoral artery (a)
#Clinical #Diagnosis ... #EM #Radiology ... #Vasc #POCUS #DVT ... Noncompressible #ALiEM
Echocardiographic criteria of LV Non-compaction
Chin Criteria (1990):
 • Absence of any other coexisting cardiac structural abnormality
Echocardiographic criteria ... and apical • Focus ... and apical • Focus ... #Jenni #Chin #cardiology ... #diagnosis
Echocardiography
Right ventricular function can be assessed using several methods and echocardiography is generally the first‐line tool
#Diagnosis #Cardiology ... #POCUS #Echocardiogram ... #Measurements #Criteria
The modified Sgarbossa Rule uses proportions to identify acute AMI in the setting of ST-elevations in
indicative of acute MI #Diagnosis ... #EM #Cardiology ... Modified #Sgarbossa #Criteria ... #ALiEM