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Ventricular Septal Defect on Echocardiogram (PLAX)

Ivan Stankovic, MD, PhD @Ivan_Echocardio

#VSD #Ventricular #Septal #Defect #Echocardiogram #clinical #cardiology
Ventricular Septal Defect ... Stankovic, MD, PhD ... Ventricular #Septal #Defect ... Echocardiogram #clinical #cardiology ... #pocus #plax
Negative contrast effect = a washout of the contrast (agitated saline) in the right atrium in
Negative contrast effect ... Negative #contrast #effect ... defect #a4c #Echocardiogram ... #clinical #cardiology ... #pocus
ASD on Bubble Contrast Echocardiogram (a4c)
A patient with an anterior STEMI (take a look at the
you close the defect ... Ivan_Echocardio #atrial ... #septal #defect ... a4c #clinical #cardiology ... #pocus #shunting
Widened Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis and Pathophysiology

Pulse pressure is the difference between the systolic blood
- Differential Diagnosis ... Physiologic Causes ... Pathologic Causes ... • Infective Endocarditis ... #cardiology
Coronary Artery Embolism - Etiology and Scoring
Etiology:
 • Direct: Clot (LV thrombus, LAA Thrombus), Valve (Vegetation,
- Most Common Cause ... non-culprit vessels • Atrial ... prosthetic valve, PFO, ASD ... cardiac surgery, endocarditis ... Artery #Embolism #diagnosis
USMLE Epidemiology and Biostatistics Summary
Meta-Analysis: pools data from several studies (greater power), limited by quality/bias of
studies Clinical Trial ... Proves cause-effect ... values are: +1 = perfect ... correlation, -1 = perfect ... #calculations #diagnosis
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
- Differential Diagnosis ... / hypoxemia -> focus ... laboratory or diagnostic ... ’s • Reduced Arterial ... Neoplasia/Warburg effect
Acromegaly - Diagnosis and Management Summary - GrepMed Handbook 

Clinical Presentation: 
 • Classic Acromegaly: frontal
shoe size, ↑ heel-pad ... decade → peripheral/acral ... effects: Headache ... 2 adenoma mass effect ... or refractory cases
Causes of Primary and Functional Mitral Regurgitation (MR) 
Causes of primary mitral regurgitation
 - Rheumatic heart
Infective/marantic endocarditis ... plane into left atrium ... muscle injury: Direct ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Cardiology
Negative Contrast Effect in Right Atrium - Differential Diagnosis
1. Small secundum ASD or PFO with left
Negative Contrast Effect ... Small secundum ASD ... Negative #Contrast #Effect ... #cardiology #clinical ... echocardiogram #s4c #pocus