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Duke's Criteria for Infective Endocarditis
Definite IE - Pathologic Criteria:
 • Pathologic lesions - vegetation or intracardiac
Positive blood ... - Persistently positive ... involvement - Echocardiogram ... positive for IE ... #Endocarditis #diagnosis
ASE Echocardiographic Assessment of Valve Stenosis
 • Aortic Valve Stenosis
 • Mitral Valve Stenosis
 • Tricuspid
Valvular #Stenosis #Echocardiogram ... #POCUS #diagnosis ... #cardiology #criteria ... #POCUS
ASE Echocardiography Guidelines for Evaluation of Valvular Regurgitation
 • Aortic Valve
 • Mitral Valve
 • Tricuspid
Regurgitation #Echocardiogram ... #POCUS #diagnosis ... #cardiology #criteria ... #POCUS
Endocarditis - Duke Criteria - Major and Minor

MAJOR CRITERIA: 
 - Persistently +ve blood culture for
Endocarditis - Duke Criteria ... Minor MAJOR CRITERIA ... rheumatoid factor - Positive ... meet specific criteria ... #Major #Minor #Diagnosis
VT versus SVT with Aberration - Interpretation Cheat Sheet

Features favouring VT
● Absence of typical RBBB or
show entirely positive ... Positive or negative ... Morphology criteria ... Aberration #Aberrancy #Comparison ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Whipple Disease (Tropheryma whipplei) - Diagnosis and Management 

Caused by: Tropheryma whipplei

Symptoms and Signs:
1. Migratory poly/oligoarthralgia
Tropheryma whipplei) - Diagnosis ... diarrhea (75%) Diagnostic ... Criteria - Either ... Two different positive ... algorithm #management #criteria
Classifications for COPD through the Years
Graphic Design by Mr. Ramon Thompson
#Diagnosis #COPD #Classification #Severity #Critera #GOLD2006
Ramon Thompson #Diagnosis ... Classification #Severity #Critera ... History #Historical #Comparison
Coronary Artery Localization on ECG and POCUS

#Coronary #Artery #Localization #ECG #EKG #Electrocardiogram #Echocardiogram #Diagnosis #Cardiology #Map
Localization on ECG and POCUS ... Electrocardiogram #Echocardiogram ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology ... #Map #POCUS
Right Parasternal View on POCUS Echocardiogram
 - Right lateral decubitus position with transducer at 2nd/3rd Intercostal
Parasternal View on POCUS ... Echocardiogram ... lateral decubitus position ... #window #view #POCUS ... #Echocardiogram
Echocardiogram Windows - Nomenclature
Each view is described using three (3) components
1) Transducer Position or "Window"
Echocardiogram Windows ... 1) Transducer Position ... Two-chamber #Echocardiogram ... #Nomenclature #POCUS