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McConnell's Sign on POCUS Echocardiogram - PSAX
Positive McConnell's Sign (hypokinetic RV with apical sparing) indicates acute
on POCUS Echocardiogram ... right heart strain ... #Sign #POCUS #Echocardiogram ... #PSAX #clinical ... #cardiology #labeled
McConnell's Sign on POCUS Echocardiogram

2 patients w/ different diagnoses.  Both demonstrate an apical 4-chamber view
McConnell's Sign ... on POCUS Echocardiogram ... heart strain related ... #Sign #POCUS #Echocardiogram ... #clinical #cardiology
McConnell's sign on POCUS Echocardiogram

An otherwise healthy male presents with pleuritic chest pain.  
Hypokinetic RV
McConnell's sign ... on POCUS Echocardiogram ... acute RV strain, ... #sign #POCUS #Echocardiogram ... #clinical #cardiology
Parasternal Short Axis (PSAX) at the level of the Aortic Valve

Phased array transducer; parasternal short axis/indicator
of right heart strain ... might even see a saddle ... #echocardiogram ... #clinical #cardiology ... #POCUS #labeled
Pulmonary Artery Clot seen on PSAX in Acute Saddle Pulmonary Embolism

Suspicious for PE? You can use
in Acute Saddle ... You can use #POCUS ... to evaluate for RV ... #AcutePE #Saddle ... #clinical #Echocardiogram
This is a parasternal short axis view in a patient with extensive pulmonary emboli on CTA.
This is a parasternal ... strain (note the ... #POCUS #Cardiac ... #PSAX #DSign #RVStrain ... #AcutePE #PulmonaryEmbolism
Pulmonary Artery Clot seen on PSAX in Acute Saddle Pulmonary Embolism - Labeled Thrombus in Purple

Suspicious
in Acute Saddle ... to evaluate for RV ... dilation, McConnell's ... #AcutePE #Saddle ... #clinical #Echocardiogram
Graphic representation of transthoracic echocardiographic parameters in the assessment of right ventricular pressure overload. A′ = peak late
acceleration time; Ao = aorta ... > I .0, and McConnell ... #RVStrain #RVOverload ... #PulmonaryEmbolism ... RightVentricular #Cardiology