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POCUS Echocardiography - Table of Cardiac Views and Windows
 • Parastemal Long-Axis View (PLAX)
 • Parasternal
-Chamber View (A4C ... • SC Abdominal Aorta ... Echocardiogram #Heart ... Orientations #Atlas #Map ... Echocardiography #Cardiology
Relative Risk of Various Predisoosing Conditions for Infective Endocarditis 
High Risk:
 - Prosthetic valves 
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- Aortic valve ... Coarctation of the aorta ... Indwelling right heart ... #RiskFactors #Cardiology ... #Diagnosis #Differential
Causes of Severe Aortic Regurgitation - Differential Diagnosis
Acute:
 • Leaflet: Traumatic Rupture, Acute Infective Endocarditis, Acute
Diagnosis Acute ... Valvuoplasty • Aorta ... , Unicuspid or Quadricuspid ... Dysfunction Chronic - Aorta ... #cardiology
Aortic Dissection Pearls
Aortic dissection is caused by a tear in the tunica intima, the innermost layer
the wall of the aorta ... valve disease ... opiates • Control heart ... 100-120, Target MAP ... #Dissection #diagnosis
Widened Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis and Pathophysiology

Pulse pressure is the difference between the systolic blood
Pulse Pressure - Differential ... disorders: - Aortic ... regurgitation - Aortic ... valve conditions ... #causes #cardiology
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
CA • Involves aortic ... occlusion that may ... Marantic (NTBE) Differential ... block, annular or aortic ... #management #cardiology
Lambls Excrescences on Echocardiogram
An incidental finding in a young patient with polyneuritis - there is a
There is MVP. ... Stankovic, MD, PhD ... Excrescences #psax #a4c ... Echocardiogram #clinical #cardiology ... #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 ... #Palpitations #Cardiology ... #Differential #
Endocarditis - Overview and Differential Diagnosis Framework

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV
- Overview and Differential ... Ovarian CA, involves aortic ... occlusion that may ... block, annular or aortic ... #Diagnosis #cardiology
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
Differential Diagnosis ... angiogenic factors + oxidative ... pregnancy • May ... exertion, orthopnea, PND ... #management #cardiology