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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 ... Nomenclature #POCUS #cardiology ... #views #TTE #orientations
Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump (IABP)

Intra-aortic balloon counter-pulsation is a method of invasive hemodynamic support. A catheter is
diastole → increases coronary ... IABP improves coronary ... • Triggers (EKG ... Pump #diagnosis #management ... #cardiology #criticalcare
In July 2015 the ACC/AHA proposed and published an algorithm to help stratify cardiac arrest patients
In July 2015 the ... stratify cardiac arrest ... activation for coronary ... Stratfication #Management ... #Cardiology #CriticalCare
Double Valve Sign - Type A Aortic Dissection on POCUS Echocardiogram

STEMI on EKG: check the echo!
Double Valve Sign ... STEMI on EKG ... : check the echo ... Can you spot the ... #cardiology #clinical
Ventricular Fibrillation - Transesophageal echo
POC-TEE in cardiac arrest: Instant recognition of shockable rhythm during a pulse
Transesophageal echo POC-TEE ... a pulse check (ECG ... weren't working at the ... Transesophageal #Echocardiogram ... #POCUS #Cardiology
DETROIT CARDIOGENIC SHOCK INITIATIVE ALGORITHM

INCLUSION CRITERIA
Acute Myocardial Infarction
 Ischemic Symptoms
 EKG and/or biomarker evidence of AMI
SHOCK INITIATIVE ALGORITHM ... Ischemic Symptoms  EKG ... Hypotension (<90/60) or the ... DCSI #Initiative #Management ... #Cardiology
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
How can the coronary ... Cardiology cannot ... #diagnosis #algorithm ... #cardiology #echocardiogram ... #management #clinical
ASE Recommendations for Quantification Methods During the Performance of a Pediatric Echocardiogram
 - Left Atrium
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Methods During the ... Atrioventricular Valves ... Pulmonary Artery - Aorta ... - Coronary Arteries ... #cardiology #Quantification
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
cultures • 2D Echo TTE ... • TTE nondiagnostic ... ↑ Suspicion -> TEE ... ↑ ESR, CRP • EKG ... Endocarditis #diagnosis #management
Neuroprotection following Cardiac Arrest - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Outcome from cardiac arrest is determined by
determined by the ... , inability of the ... . ❶ Prepare the ... if percutaneous coronary ... temperature in the