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Coronary Artery Embolism - Etiology and Scoring
Etiology:
 • Direct: Clot (LV thrombus, LAA Thrombus), Valve (Vegetation,
), Valve (Vegetation ... , TEE, CT or MRI ... non-culprit vessels • Atrial ... Embolism #diagnosis #differential ... scoring #criteria #cardiology
Mobile Atrial Thrombus on Transesophageal Echocardiogram
TEE mid-esophageal view demonstrating left atrial thrombus. Also note mechanical mitral
Mobile Atrial Thrombus ... note mechanical mitral ... valve. ... #Atrial #Thrombus ... #POCUS
Mobile Atrial Thrombus on Echocardiogram

Catch me if you can

Ivan Stankovic, MD, PhD @Ivan_Echocardio

#Mobile #Atrial #Thrombus #Echocardiogram
Mobile Atrial Thrombus ... Stankovic, MD, PhD ... #clinical #pocus ... #tee #cardiology ... #mitral #stenosis
Atrial Fibrillation on POCUS Echocardiogram (A4C)

35yoF presents with acute onset atrial fibrillation.  POCUS shows dilated
POCUS shows dilated ... mitral valve coaptation ... jet seen from LV ... to LA across the ... A4C #clinical #cardiology
Causes of mitral stenosis
Rheumatic heart disease
 - Most common cause worldwide. Commissural fusion, thick MV leaflets
endocarditis (vegetations ... )/tumor (left atrial ... myxoma)/ball valve ... thrombus - When ... #cardiology
Causes of Primary and Functional Mitral Regurgitation (MR) 
Causes of primary mitral regurgitation
 - Rheumatic heart
Vegetations seen ... plane into left atrium ... valve - Secondary ... Primary #Functional #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Typical mitral valve prolapse with an eccentric jet hugging the left atrial wall (Coanda effect). TTE
Typical mitral valve ... left atrial wall ... Stankovic, MD, PhD ... Echocardiogram #clinical #cardiology ... #pocus
Widened Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis and Pathophysiology

Pulse pressure is the difference between the systolic blood
sclerosis (both heart valve ... of developing atrial ... mmHg developed atrial ... Endocarditis • Mitral ... Pathophysiology #causes #cardiology
Parasternal Long Axis view with measurement. Note the right ventricle (RV), interventricular septum (S), left ventricle
left ventricle (LV ... ), left atrium ( ... LA), anterior mitral ... #Clinical #EM #Cardiology ... #POCUS #Parasternal
Cardiac LV Thrombus on Echocardiogram Short-Axis View (PSAX)
48 year old woman in ICU for acute ischemic
Cardiac LV Thrombus ... POCUS steps in ... considered (principally vegetation ... are all of some value ... PSAX #clinical #cardiology