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POCUS Echocardiography - Table of Cardiac Views and Windows
 • Parastemal Long-Axis View (PLAX)
 • Parasternal
View • Right Ventricular ... (RV) Inflow View ... -Chamber View (A4C ... (RV) Outflow View ... Echocardiography #Cardiology
Causes of Sudden Cardiac Arrest
Primary Myocardial Processes (> 90%):
 • Acquired structural heart disease: CAD, Most
Causes of Sudden ... Cardiac Arrest ... Arrhythmogenic right ventricular ... #Arrest #cardiology ... #differential #diagnosis
Left Ventricular Non-Compaction Cardiomyopathy
First described 80 years or so ago, it occurs secondary to the failure
Left Ventricular ... (or sometimes RV ... #clinical #diagnosis ... #cardiology #echocardiogram ... #psax #cardiology
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HOCM) - Diagnosis and Management
Diagnosis
 1. Wall thickness 215 mm (TTE/CT/MRI) 
 2. Absence
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy ... Absence of Secondary Cause ... of LVH (Supportive ... Prevent Sudden Cardiac ... #Management #Cardiology
Causes of Palpitations
 • ARRHYTHMiA 
 • SINUS ARRYTHMIA 
 • ATRIAL FIBRILLATION 
 • ATRIAL
Causes of Palpitations ... HEART FAILURE • CARDIOMYOPATHY ... SYPATHOMIMETICS • CARDIAC ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Cardiology
Accordion Sign of Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy (ARVC) on Cardiac MRI
30-year old woman with VPCs. Diagnosis?
Classic
Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular ... (ARVC) on Cardiac ... Diagnosis? ... sign of small RV ... infiltration of the RV
Kussmaul's Sign on Physical Exam

What’s the diagnosis?
Severe biventeicular failure with + Kussmaul sign! NICM. No constriction!

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What’s the diagnosis ... constriction, restrictive cardiomyopathy ... , severe TR, RV ... and other rarer causes ... clinical #video #jvp #cardiology
Kussmaul's Sign - Differential Diagnosis

Typically the JVP decreases with inspiration as the negative intrathoracic pressure "sucks
where there is RV ... dysfunction, impaired RV ... , RV predominant ... #cardiology #differential ... #causes
Right Heart Catheterization Cheat Sheet: Interpretation of Pressures and Waveforms 
Direct measurements
 ● Central venous pressure
pressures (RA, RV ... PCWP]/CO) ● Cardiac ... passive filling of RV ... Interpretation #Diagnosis ... CheatSheet #Waveforms #Cardiology
Premature Ventricular Complexes (PVC's) - Summary Framework

Why PVCs?  Can be the first manifestation of cardiac
manifestation of cardiac ... heart disease Causes ... Differential Diagnosis ... Complexes #PVCs #PVC #diagnosis ... #differential #cardiology