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POCUS Echocardiography - Table of Cardiac Views and Windows
 • Parastemal Long-Axis View (PLAX)
 • Parasternal
POCUS Echocardiography ... - Table of Cardiac ... Abdominal Aorta ... Valve (AV) Level ... Echocardiogram #Heart
Stroke Volume & Cardiac Output Measurement on POCUS
Accurately measure LVOT diameter:
1. Obtain PLAX 
2. Zoom to
Stroke Volume & Cardiac ... Measurement on POCUS ... systole, 1cm from aortic ... valve apparatus ... #cardiology
Severe Aortic Stenosis on POCUS

Calcified Aortic valve leaflets with minimal opening. LVH likely secondary to AS
on POCUS Calcified ... Aortic valve leaflets ... presents to your ED ... #Stenosis #POCUS ... Echocardiogram #Ultrasound
Aortic Dissection Pearls
Aortic dissection is caused by a tear in the tunica intima, the innermost layer
valve disease ... • Cardiac surgery ... Pulse deficit/differential ... Shock Treatment - ED ... opiates • Control heart
Carcinoid Heart Disease on Echocardiogram (A4C)

"Frozen" tricuspid valve with severe regurgitation. Carcinoid heart disease: Thickening, retraction
Carcinoid Heart ... Echocardiogram (A4C ... Stankovic, MD, PhD ... Echocardiogram #clinical #cardiology ... #pocus
Bradycardia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

BRADI Mnemonic
 • BRASH/Hyperkalemia
 • Reduced oxygen/Glucose/Temp
 • ACS
 • Drugs
 •
Bradycardia - Differential ... Tachy-Brady syndrome • Aortic ... Valve Endocarditis ... /Valve surgery ... • Heart block
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
• Prosthetic valve ... CA • Involves aortic ... : • New cardiac ... Marantic (NTBE) Differential ... block, annular or aortic
Lambls Excrescences on Echocardiogram
An incidental finding in a young patient with polyneuritis - there is a
valve. ... independent of cardiac ... Stankovic, MD, PhD ... Excrescences #psax #a4c ... #pocus
Palpitations - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
• It is an unpleasant awareness or sensation that the heart is
Palpitations - Differential ... failure • Mitral valve ... disease (e.g., aortic ... over: AVNRT Red ... #Differential #
Cardiac Tamponade on POCUS
Hypotension in trauma is not always due to hypovolemia. This was a great
Cardiac Tamponade ... by one of our ED ... #clinical #ultrasound ... #trauma #cardiology ... #s4c