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D-Sign on Ultrasound
Right Ventricular Pressure vs Volume Overload
Eccentricity Index (EI) = D2/D1
RV Overload “D Sign” EI
“D Sign” EI > 1 ... DSign #Ultrasound #echocardiogram ... psax #diagnosis #cardiology
Echocardiogram Windows - Nomenclature
Each view is described using three (3) components
1) Transducer Position or "Window"
Echocardiogram Windows ... (3) components 1) ... Two-chamber #Echocardiogram ... Nomenclature #POCUS #cardiology
Ruptured Chordae Tendineae on POCUS Echocardiogram
 
Many underlying causes, not limited to: MVP, subacute endocarditis, connective
Tendineae on POCUS Echocardiogram ... Many underlying causes ... Tendineae #POCUS #Echocardiogram ... Ultrasound #Clinical #Cardiology
Myocarditis on Echocardiogram
It is always great to witness the tremendous reversal of severe biventricular dysfunction from
Myocarditis on Echocardiogram ... Case Resolution: ... plax #psax #a4c #Echocardiogram ... #clinical #cardiology
Echocardiography
Right ventricular function can be assessed using several methods and echocardiography is generally the first‐line tool
first‐line tool (Figure 1) ... predictive of all‐cause ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology ... #POCUS #Echocardiogram
Echocardiographic strategy to sorting type-I vs. type-II MI

Every single patient with a troponin elevation doesn't require
doesn't require an echocardiogram ... differentiating between type-1 ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology ... #Echocardiogram
Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy - Right Ventricular Involvement 

In up to 1/4 of cases of stress cardiomyopathy (takotsubo),
Involvement In up to 1/ ... 4 of cases of stress ... BrokenHeart #Syndrome #Echocardiogram
LAD Coronary Artery Dissection on POCUS

Severe CP x 1 hour, Ant/Sept STEMI on EKG.  ED
Severe CP x 1 ... Dissection #POCUS #Echocardiogram ... PSAX #Clinical #Cardiology
POCUS - Measuring Cardiac Output
1) Calculate LVOT Area
2) Calculate LVOT VTI
3) Calculate Cardiac Output

SV = (LVOT
Cardiac Output 1) ... Output #CO #POCUS #Echocardiogram ... #Measurement #cardiology
ST segment elevation in acute myocardial ischemia

ST segment elevations with straight (horizontal, upsloping or downsloping) or
ischemia (Figure 1 ... less likely to be caused ... ischemia (Figure 1 ... the underlying cause ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology