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Radiation Dose to Adults from Common Imaging Examinations
ABDOMINAL REGION
 - Computed Tomography (CT) — Abdomen and
X-ray 0.005 mSv 1 ... Scoring 3 mSv 1 ... #PatientInfo #Radiology ... Doses #Imaging #ChestXRay ... #Comparison #Table
Coronary Artery Embolism - Etiology and Scoring
Etiology:
 • Direct: Clot (LV thrombus, LAA Thrombus), Valve (Vegetation,
- Most Common Cause ... based on TTE, TEE, CT ... hypercoaguable state ... Major + 1 Minor ... scoring #criteria #cardiology
Cardiac Stress Testing
Exercise:
 • Everyone who can exercise should!
 • They must be able to raise
production to cause ... Dobutamine) - Beta 1 ... SPECT ($$$), PET CT ... Stress #Testing #cardiology ... #management #diagnosis
Portopulmonary Hypertension
Presence of pulmonary arterial hypertension in a patient with portal hypertension
No other obvious causes (chronic
arterial hypertension ... other obvious causes ... Transthoracic echocardiogram ... ventricular septum 2) ... Hypertension #diagnosis #management
RV Failure secondary to Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension on Echocardiogram
Pulmonary arterial hypertension resulting in severe RV dilation
on Echocardiogram ... Pulmonary arterial ... This case illustrates ... #clinical #cardiology ... #s4c #pocus
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
lung disease Caused ... diffusion-perfusion defect (Type 1) ... anatomic shunt (Type 2) ... passage • Arterial ... blood gas (ABC)
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
murmur 3/6) - Pulmonary ... indication of AC ... days before Pulmonary ... one post op Cardiology ... medical and surgical management
Double Shunt on Echocardiogram
What do you see on this saline contrast study, in a patient with
patient with end-stage ... liver disease and pulmonary ... #clinical #pocus ... #a4c #intrapulmonary ... #cardiology #saline
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
• Most common cause ... Pathophysiology: 1. ... Inoculum 2. ... seen • Chest CT ... Lung #Abscess #pulmonary
Cardiac metastasis of lung cancer (2D/3D TTE)

What is the most common type of cancer to metastasize
metastasize (>1/ ... 2 melanoma cases ... metastasis #clinical #cardiology ... #echocardiogram ... #pocus #a4c #3d