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POCUS Echocardiography - Table of Cardiac Views and Windows
 • Parastemal Long-Axis View (PLAX)
 • Parasternal
-Chamber View (A4C ... SSN: Color Flow Doppler ... Echocardiogram #Heart ... #Orientations #Atlas ... Echocardiography #Cardiology
Carcinoid Heart Disease on Echocardiogram (A4C)

"Frozen" tricuspid valve with severe regurgitation. Carcinoid heart disease: Thickening, retraction
(A4C) "Frozen ... Stankovic, MD, PhD ... #regurgitation ... #clinical #cardiology ... #pocus
Stroke Volume & Cardiac Output Measurement on POCUS
Accurately measure LVOT diameter:
1. Obtain PLAX 
2. Zoom to
Obtain PLAX 2. ... 1cm from aortic valve ... Obtain A5c view ... Place PW doppler ... #cardiology
Widened Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis and Pathophysiology

Pulse pressure is the difference between the systolic blood
- Differential Diagnosis ... valve conditions ... Chronic pulmonary diseases ... disease • Increased ... Pathophysiology #causes #cardiology
Right Sided Failure secondary to Carcinoid Heart Disease on Echocardiogram
Carcinoid heart disease results in characteristic right
septal tricuspid valve ... torrential tricuspid regurgitation ... Carcinoid #clinical #cardiology ... echocardiogram #pocus ... #a4c
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
• Prosthetic valve ... aortic and mitral regurgitation ... Hypercoagulable (APLAS ... Marantic: Emboli > Regurgitation ... #management #cardiology
Endocarditis - Overview and Differential Diagnosis Framework

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV
• Prosthetic valve ... aortic and mitral regurgitation ... Hypercoagulable (APLAS ... Marantic: Emboli > Regurgitation ... #cardiology #infectiousdiseases