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Atrial Fibrillation - Diagnosis, Causes, Presentations
Causes (PIRATES):
 - Pulmonary embolism 
 - Ischemia (cardiac) 
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Presentations Causes ... (PIRATES): - Pulmonary ... embolism - Ischemia ... (cardiac) - ... PIRATES #Emergency #Cardiology
Coronary Artery Embolism - Etiology and Scoring
Etiology:
 • Direct: Clot (LV thrombus, LAA Thrombus), Valve (Vegetation,
Angiography or Cardiac ... - Most Common Cause ... based on TTE, TEE, CT ... PFO, ASD, h/o of cardiac ... scoring #criteria #cardiology
Pulmonary Embolism on POCUS Echocardiogram

Mid 30's female with chest pain/dyspnea.  Triage EKG (no prior).
Pulmonary Embolism ... Pulmonary embolism ... #Embolism #POCUS ... Echocardiogram #A4c #clinical ... #cardiology #McConnells
On the left a patient who had a CT to rule out pulmonary embolism.
There is a
patient who had a CT ... to rule out pulmonary ... embolism. ... based on this CT ... #Clinical #Radiology
POCUS Right Ventricular Dilatation Pulmonary Embolism
 
#Clinical #Cardiology #Radiology #POCUS #RVDilatation #RightVentricularDilatation #PulmonaryEmbolism #Echocardiogram
POCUS Right Ventricular ... Dilatation Pulmonary ... Embolism #Clinical ... #Cardiology #Radiology ... #POCUS #RVDilatation
Feeding Vessel Sign on Chest CT
 • Distinct pulmonary vessel leading into a lung nodule or
Sign on Chest CT ... • Distinct pulmonary ... • DDx: Septic emboli ... #diagnosis #radiology ... #clinical
Left atrial myxoma by cardiac CT. Most common primary cardiac tumor, can embolize.

- Brian Ghoshhajra, MD
@ghoshhajra

#Clinical
atrial myxoma by cardiac ... CT. ... tumor, can embolize ... @ghoshhajra #Clinical ... #Radiology #Cardiology
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HOCM) - Diagnosis and Management
Diagnosis
 1. Wall thickness 215 mm (TTE/CT/MRI) 
 2. Absence
thickness 215 mm (TTE/CT ... Absence of Secondary Cause ... on MRI) Four P's ... Prevent Sudden Cardiac ... Diagnosis #Management #Cardiology
Mitral Valve Vegetations on Echocardiogram

Surgery may be considered in pts with large (>15 mm) isolated aortic
considered in pts ... vegetations to prevent embolism ... Echocardiogram #clinical ... #cardiology #pocus
Cardiac Stress Testing
Exercise:
 • Everyone who can exercise should!
 • They must be able to raise
Cardiac Stress Testing ... production to cause ... SPECT ($$$), PET CT ... COREIMpodcast #Cardiac ... Stress #Testing #cardiology