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POCUS Echocardiography - Table of Cardiac Views and Windows
 • Parastemal Long-Axis View (PLAX)
 • Parasternal
(RV) Inflow View ... (RV) Outflow View ... #TTE #Echocardiogram ... #Heart #Windows ... Echocardiography #Cardiology
D-Sign on Ultrasound
Right Ventricular Pressure vs Volume Overload
Eccentricity Index (EI) = D2/D1
RV Overload “D Sign” EI
Ultrasound Right Ventricular ... (EI) = D2/D1 RV ... DSign #Ultrasound #echocardiogram ... #psax #diagnosis ... #cardiology #pocus
Left Ventricular Non-Compaction Cardiomyopathy
First described 80 years or so ago, it occurs secondary to the failure
Left Ventricular ... (or sometimes RV ... Cardiomyopathy #clinical #diagnosis ... #cardiology #echocardiogram ... #psax #cardiology
Right Ventricular Size and Measurements on POCUS Echocardiogram
 - Proximal Outflow Tract (PLAX View) >30 mm
Right Ventricular ... Measurements on POCUS Echocardiogram ... #Right #Ventricular ... Measurements #POCUS #Echocardiogram ... #diagnosis #cardiology
Right heart dysfunction and failure in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: mechanisms and management 
Source:
Right heart dysfunction ... and failure in heart ... myocardial performance; RV ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology ... #Echocardiogram
Myocarditis
Diagnosis 
• Endomyocardial biopsy (gold standard, rarely performed) 
• Clinical presentation 
• Cardiovascular MRI 
Clinical 
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Myocarditis Diagnosis ... tachycardia • S3, S4 ... Abnormal ECG, echocardiogram ... shock, sudden cardiac ... #Management #Cardiology
Bullet Embolization in the Right Ventricle on POCUS Echocardiogram
22M s/p GSW to left mid-abdomen. Positive FAST
out this apical cardiac ... Dx: Right ventricular ... embolization to the right heart ... #clinical #cardiology ... #s4c #trauma
Graphic representation of transthoracic echocardiographic parameters in the assessment of right ventricular pressure overload. A′ = peak late
(or thrombi); RV ... Dilated RV with ... cmls) #TTE #Echocardiogram ... Transthoracic #Diagnosis ... RightVentricular #Cardiology
Right Heart Catheterization Cheat Sheet: Interpretation of Pressures and Waveforms 
Direct measurements
 ● Central venous pressure
Right Heart Catheterization ... pressures (RA, RV ... /m2) (SVI = CI/heart ... Interpretation #Diagnosis ... CheatSheet #Waveforms #Cardiology
Constrictive Pericarditis on Echocardiogram
A 55-year-old female marathon runner presents to clinic w/ 6-months of worsening breathlessness
to workup right-heart ... expiration not meeting diagnostic ... (D) a leftward ventricular ... imaging of the ventricular ... #cardiology