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POCUS Echocardiography - Table of Cardiac Views and Windows
 • Parastemal Long-Axis View (PLAX)
 • Parasternal
Views and Windows ... • Subcostal (SC ... -Chamber View (A4C ... Inferior Vena Cava (SC ... ) • SC Abdominal
Severe Left Atrial Enlargement on Echocardiogram
Have you ever seen a left atrium this big!?!? 
LA diameter
Severe Left Atrial ... diameter > 7 cm and ... LAESV index > 160 mL ... Enlargement #Severe #Cardiology ... Clinical #POCUS #A4C
Pulmonary Arterial Catheterization – Use and Interpretation:
-Pulmonary arterial catheterization (PAC) has never been shown to improve
Pulmonary Arterial ... Catheterization – Use and ... artery hypertension ... (ie, cardiac index ... pressure) -right atrial
Gadolinium Enhancement Patterns in Ischemic and Non-Ischemic Cardiomyopathies
Ischemic:
 • Subendocardial Infarct
 • Transmural Infarct
Non-Ischemic:
 • Mid-wall
Patterns in Ischemic and ... heart disease, pulmonary ... hypertension) ... sclerosis, post-cardiac ... #radiology
Mitral Stenosis and Left Atrial Thrombus on Echocardiogram (a4c)

Mitral stenosis is a risk factor for LA
Mitral Stenosis and ... Left Atrial Thrombus ... Echocardiogram (a4c ... of underlying cardiac ... #Thrombus #a4c
Systemic Sclerosis (Scleroderma)
Multi-system autoimmune disease characterized by vasculopathy and progressive fibrosis of skin and internal organs
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of Scleroderma (SSc ... Symptoms: • Cardiac ... arterial HTN) ... renal crisis (SRC ... #Scleroderma #SSc
Portopulmonary Hypertension
Presence of pulmonary arterial hypertension in a patient with portal hypertension
No other obvious causes (chronic
Presence of pulmonary ... arterial hypertension ... ventricular size, Right atrial ... guanylate cyclase (sGC ... directly stimualtes sGC
Right-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac Causes - Rule out Left-Sided Heart Failure (Most Common):
Diagnosis Algorithm Cardiac ... • Restrictive Cardiomyopathy ... Arterial Hypertension ... • Pulmonary ... #HeartFailure #Cardiology
RV Failure secondary to Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension on Echocardiogram
Pulmonary arterial hypertension resulting in severe RV dilation
Arterial Hypertension ... arterial hypertension ... severe RV dilation and ... #Arterial #Hypertension ... #s4c #pocus
Premature Ventricular Complexes (PVC's) - Summary Framework

Why PVCs?  Can be the first manifestation of cardiac
manifestation of cardiac ... syndrome, ARVC) • Hypertension ... Causes: • Hypertension ... capture of the atria ... arrhythmia • Atrial