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Atrial Septal Defect (ASD) with Shunting on Echocardiogram with Contrast (a4c)

An elderly patient with dyspnea -
Atrial Septal Defect ... (a4c) An elderly ... Stankovic, MD, PhD ... Atrial #Septal #Defect ... #a4c #clinical
ASD on Bubble Contrast Echocardiogram (a4c)
A patient with an anterior STEMI (take a look at the
Echocardiogram (a4c ... you close the defect ... Stankovic, MD, PhD ... atrial #septal #defect ... Echocardiogram #a4c
Negative contrast effect = a washout of the contrast (agitated saline) in the right atrium in
effect = a washout ... Stankovic, MD, PhD ... #effect #washout ... atrial #septal #defect ... #a4c #Echocardiogram
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
Summary A defect ... diffusion-perfusion defect ... , 88% spec • Contrast-enhanced ... Arterial blood gas (ABC ... • Oxygenation defect
Portopulmonary Hypertension
Presence of pulmonary arterial hypertension in a patient with portal hypertension
No other obvious causes (chronic
vasoconstricting effect ... endothelin - Effect ... metabolism - Effect ... proliferation - Effect ... independent of NO - Effect
Negative Contrast Effect in Right Atrium - Differential Diagnosis
1. Small secundum ASD or PFO with left
Negative Contrast ... Effect in Right ... Diagnosis 1. ... #Effect #Right ... echocardiogram #s4c
Approach to Thrombocytosis - Elevated Platelet Count - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Peripheral Smear concerning for malignancy?
Diagnosis Algorithm ... anemia, Rebound effect ... Lymphoma, Rebound effect ... Vasculitides, IBD, Celiac disease ... Matthew Ho, MD PhD
Acromegaly - Diagnosis and Management Summary - GrepMed Handbook 

Clinical Presentation: 
 • Classic Acromegaly: frontal
and Management ... effects: Headache ... Differential Diagnosis ... 2 adenoma mass effect ... Pituitary MRI+contrast
Floaters - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
Vitreous Floaters:
• Microscopic collagen fibers within the vitreous that tend to clump
Floaters - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... with visual field defect ... syneresis) and contract ... #Diagnosis #Ocular
Causes of Abnormal PT and/or aPTT
Prolonged Prothrombin Time (PT)
1. Acquired deficiency of FVII
Early liver disease ... deficiencies: Contact ... Supratherapeutic warfarin effect ... Prolonged #Causes #diagnosis ... #differential #