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Carcinoid Heart Disease on Echocardiogram (A4C)

"Frozen" tricuspid valve with severe regurgitation. Carcinoid heart disease: Thickening, retraction
Carcinoid Heart ... Echocardiogram (A4C ... Carcinoid heart ... #clinical #cardiology ... #pocus
Right Sided Failure secondary to Carcinoid Heart Disease on Echocardiogram
Carcinoid heart disease results in characteristic right
In this case, note ... valve leaflets ... #clinical #cardiology ... echocardiogram #pocus ... #a4c
POCUS Echocardiography - Table of Cardiac Views and Windows
 • Parastemal Long-Axis View (PLAX)
 • Parasternal
POCUS Echocardiography ... • Parasternal Short-Axis ... -Chamber View (A4C ... Echocardiogram #Heart ... Echocardiography #Cardiology
Systolic Murmurs - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Benign / Flow / Hyperdynamic:
 • Pregnancy
 • Fever
 • Anemia
Supravalvular
Systolic Murmurs - Differential ... • Rheumatic Heart ... Ebstein's Anomaly • Carcinoid ... Systolic #Murmurs #Cardiology ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #causes
Jugular Waveform Components 
 • a wave - due to atrial contraction: It occurs just before
before the first heart ... • c wave - caused ... valve. ... Waveforms #JVP #PhysicalExam ... #cardiology
Right-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac Causes - Rule out Left-Sided Heart Failure (Most Common):
Right-Sided Heart ... Failure - Differential ... Cardiomyopathy - Valves ... Stenosis • Tricuspid ... #HeartFailure #Cardiology
Causes of mitral stenosis
Rheumatic heart disease
 - Most common cause worldwide. Commissural fusion, thick MV leaflets
stenosis Rheumatic heart ... Fabry's disease, carcinoid ... atrial myxoma)/ball valve ... #diagnosis #differential ... #cardiology
Widened Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis and Pathophysiology

Pulse pressure is the difference between the systolic blood
Pulse Pressure - Differential ... Physiologic Causes ... valve conditions ... Regurgitation) • Tricuspid ... #cardiology
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
nodes • Roth’s spots ... Septic Emboli Cause ... Marantic (NTBE) Differential ... Substance use: R > L Tricuspid ... diagnosis #management #cardiology
Ebstein Anomaly on Echocardiogram

Ebstein anomaly. The tricuspid valve is ALWAYS more apically displaced than the mitral
The tricuspid valve ... commonest congenital cause ... Ebstein #Anomaly #POCUS ... Echocardiogram #cardiology ... #a4c