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Negative contrast effect = a washout of the contrast (agitated saline) in the right atrium in
Negative contrast ... #contrast #effect ... atrial #septal # ... defect #a4c #Echocardiogram ... #pocus
Apical 4-chamber (A4) Apical 4 Chamber view demonstrating the right ventricle (RV), right atrium (RA), left
atrium (RA), left ... left atrium (LA ... orientation of the septum ... #Clinical #EM # ... Cardiology #POCUS
Negative Contrast Effect in Right Atrium - Differential Diagnosis
1. Small secundum ASD or PFO with left
Negative Contrast ... Effect in Right ... Diagnosis 1. ... #Contrast #Effect ... #Right #Atrium
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
absence of intrinsic lung ... (Type 1) or anatomic ... Microbubbles appear in left ... cardiac cycles after right ... atrial passage
This is a parasternal long axis view of a young patient presenting with 3 days of
the OR in under 1 ... , the right ventricular ... left atrium should ... Michael Macias, EM ... #Radiology #POCUS
Giant dilated left atrium on Echocardiogram (a4c)
It belongs to a 92-year old lady with a history
sinus rhythm... 1. ... This can be LA aneurysm ... Long chronic severe ... #atrium #a4c #Echocardiogram ... #pocus
Parasternal Long Axis view with measurement. Note the right ventricle (RV), interventricular septum (S), left ventricle
Note the right ventricle ... interventricular septum ... (LV), left atrium ... #Clinical #EM #Cardiology ... #POCUS #Parasternal
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
verrucous) • Lung ... Libman Sacks) • Atrial ... • Coagulase-negative ... lesions • Mycotic aneurysm ... • Left sided > Right
Double Shunt on Echocardiogram
What do you see on this saline contrast study, in a patient with
1. ... >LAP as atrial septum ... shifts left ... Echocardiogram #clinical #pocus ... #a4c #intrapulmonary
Endocarditis - Overview and Differential Diagnosis Framework

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV
, verrucous) - Lung ... Libman Sacks) • Atrial ... aureus, Coagulase-negative ... lesions • Mycotic aneurysm ... • Left sided > Right