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Right Atrial Appendage Aneurysm on Echocardiogram

1 year old child with rapidly worsening dyspnea. No murmur.
This was
Right Atrial Appendage ... 1 year old child ... in a pediatric cardiac ... #Atrial #Appendage ... #POCUS #clinical
Coronary Artery Embolism - Etiology and Scoring
Etiology:
 • Direct: Clot (LV thrombus, LAA Thrombus), Valve (Vegetation,
• Paradoxical: Right ... to Left from Venous ... System/Right Heart ... rheumatic valve disease ... Embolism #diagnosis #differential
Portopulmonary Hypertension
Presence of pulmonary arterial hypertension in a patient with portal hypertension
No other obvious causes (chronic
(chronic lung disease ... , left heart disease ... Transthoracic echocardiogram ... atrial pressure ... pressure < 15mmHg TREATMENT
Transesophageal Echocardiogram (TEE) Windows
1. ME 5-Chamber view 
2. ME 4-Chamber view 
3. ME-Commissural view 
4. ME
Transesophageal Echocardiogram ... (TEE) Windows 1. ... Upper Right & Left ... ME Left Atrial Appendage ... Transesophageal #Echocardiogram
Renal Cell Carcinoma (RCC) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Clinical features - Classic triad (flank pain, hematuria,
Management Summary Clinical ... locally advanced disease ... loss, fatigue, night ... Varicocele(left) ... Imaging and Treatment
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
shunt (Type 2) Clinical ... Microbubbles appear in left ... heart 3-6 cardiac ... cycles after right ... atrial passage
Negative Contrast Effect in Right Atrium - Differential Diagnosis
1. Small secundum ASD or PFO with left
Atrium - Differential ... Diagnosis 1. ... ASD or PFO with left ... #Atrium #RA #Differential ... #echocardiogram
Endocarditis - Overview and Differential Diagnosis Framework

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV
- Overview and Differential ... Libman Sacks) • Atrial ... hematuria, + RF Treatment ... • Left sided > Right ... #Endocarditis #Differential
Amyloidosis - Summary
Group of disorders associated with extracellular deposition of fibrils formed from low-molecular-weight proteins in
Clinical suspicion ... the extent of disease ... activation → IL-1 ... Testing: • EKG • Echocardiogram ... disproportionate atrial
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
Cardiomyopathy - Summary 1. ... Differential Diagnosis ... and timing with Cardio-OB ... months before 1° ... management #cardiology #treatment