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Echocardiogram Windows - Nomenclature
Each view is described using three (3) components
1) Transducer Position or "Window"
Echocardiogram Windows ... ., Mitral valve ... (MV), Aortic valve ... #POCUS #cardiology ... #views #TTE #orientations
Parasternal Short Axis Windows:

Aortic Valve, Mitral Valve, and Papillary Muscle Views

Understanding long and short axes in
: Aortic Valve ... , Mitral Valve, ... short axes in TTE ... #Echocardiogram ... Views #Clinical #Cardiology
Relative Risk of Various Predisoosing Conditions for Infective Endocarditis 
High Risk:
 - Prosthetic valves 
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- Aortic valve ... disease - Mitral ... Coarctation of the ... #RiskFactors #Cardiology ... #Diagnosis #Differential
POCUS Echocardiography - Table of Cardiac Views and Windows
 • Parastemal Long-Axis View (PLAX)
 • Parasternal
Cardiac Views and Windows ... Valve (AV) Level ... View • PSAX: Mitral ... POCUS #Cardiac #TTE ... #Echocardiogram
ASE Recommendations for Evaluation of Prosthetic Valves with Echocardiography and Doppler Ultrasound
Normal Flow Patterns and Essential
Parameters in the ... • Prosthetic Aortic ... Mitral Valves ... Echocardiography #echocardiogram ... #cardiology #diagnosis
Widened Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis and Pathophysiology

Pulse pressure is the difference between the systolic blood
disorders: - Aortic ... regurgitation - Aortic ... sclerosis (both heart valve ... : • Acute Coronary ... • Infective Endocarditis
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
CA • Involves aortic ... and mitral regurgitation ... • TTE nondiagnostic ... ↑ ESR, CRP • EKG ... #Endocarditis #diagnosis
Marantic Endocarditis 

Epidemiology:
 - Incidence of non-bacterial thrombotic endocarditis (marantic endocarditis if associated with cancer) is
vegetations found via TTE ... vegetations on mitral ... and aortic valve ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Cardiology
Endocarditis - Overview and Differential Diagnosis Framework

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV
Ovarian CA, involves aortic ... and mitral regurgitation ... ↑ ESR, CRP • EKG ... block, annular or aortic ... #Diagnosis #cardiology
Palpitations - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
• It is an unpleasant awareness or sensation that the heart is
heart failure • Mitral ... valve prolapse ... ., aortic insufficiency ... stenosis) • Severe mitral ... palpitations: PVC