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Coronary Artery Embolism - Etiology and Scoring
Etiology:
 • Direct: Clot (LV thrombus, LAA Thrombus), Valve (Vegetation,
Coronary Artery ... - Most Common Cause ... Minor: • < 25% stenosis ... vessels • Atrial ... scoring #criteria #cardiology
Widened Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis and Pathophysiology

Pulse pressure is the difference between the systolic blood
Endocarditis • Mitral ... Regurgitation • Mitral ... Stenosis • Myocardial ... • Tricuspid Stenosis ... #cardiology
Air gap sign: loss of cardiac image during systole in Pneumopericardium
Interesting observation –loss of cardiac window
Frequently see this ... after cardiac surgery ... Stankovic, MD, PhD ... Pneumopericardium #clinical #cardiology ... #pocus #airgap
Palpitations - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
• It is an unpleasant awareness or sensation that the heart is
heart failure • Mitral ... insufficiency, stenosis ... ) • Severe mitral ... Standing up straight after ... #Palpitations #Cardiology