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Negative Contrast Effect in Right Atrium - Differential Diagnosis
1. Small secundum ASD or PFO with left
Diagnosis 1. ... Small secundum ASD ... or PFO with left ... to right shunt 2. ... echocardiogram #s4c
Giant dilated left atrium on Echocardiogram (a4c)
It belongs to a 92-year old lady with a history
(a4c) It belongs ... Mitral valve doesn ... sinus rhythm... 1. ... idiopathic. 2. ... #atrium #a4c #Echocardiogram
Rheumatic Heart Disease - Mitral Stenosis on Echocardiogram
(1) Thickened and fibrosed MV leaflets - rheumatic etiology
Echocardiogram (1) ... (2) Lvef 25-30% ... (4) All 4 cardiac ... (7) patient in atrial ... #a4c #thrombus
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
(Type 1) or anatomic ... shunt (Type 2) ... Microbubbles appear in left ... heart 3-6 cardiac ... cycles after right atrial
Portopulmonary Hypertension
Presence of pulmonary arterial hypertension in a patient with portal hypertension
No other obvious causes (chronic
lung disease, left ... of ventricular septum ... 2) DIAGNOSE - ... guanylate cyclase (sGC ... directly stimualtes sGC
Double Shunt on Echocardiogram
What do you see on this saline contrast study, in a patient with
1. ... >LAP as atrial septum ... shifts left ... PVeins (extra-cardiac ... clinical #pocus #a4c
Atrial Fibrillation (A-Fib) Summary

Symptoms:
• Palpitations, light-headedness, dizziness, dyspnea, exercise intolerance, chest pain, near-syncope, syncope.

Why?
Cardiac:
	• Valvular heart
Cardiac: • Valvular ... left atria, the ... Cardioversion 1. ... cardioversion 2. ... Moderate or severe mitral
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
exam Determine Cardiac ... indication of AC ... postoperative cardiac ... CARP, DECREASE V trials ... management for select