8 results
Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy - Right Ventricular Involvement 

In up to 1/4 of cases of stress cardiomyopathy (takotsubo),
- Right Ventricular ... /4 of cases of stress ... also involves the right ... Echocardiogram #A4C ... #Clinical #POCUS
Septal Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HOCM)

52yo worsening exertional sx and murmur. EKG nonspecific, Serial trops (-) 
EM resident
Cardiomyopathy ... EKG nonspecific, Serial ... Admit ==> Positive stress ... #HOCM #HCM #clinical ... plax #cardiology #pocus
Apical 4-chamber (A4) Apical 4 Chamber view demonstrating the right ventricle (RV), right atrium (RA), left
ventricle (RV), right ... atrium (RA), left ... orientation of the septum ... #Clinical #EM # ... Cardiology #POCUS
Negative contrast effect = a washout of the contrast (agitated saline) in the right atrium in
saline) in the right ... #septal #defect ... #a4c #Echocardiogram ... #clinical #cardiology ... #pocus
Constrictive Pericarditis on Echocardiogram
A 55-year-old female marathon runner presents to clinic w/ 6-months of worsening breathlessness
runner presents to clinic ... echocardiogram to workup ... right-heart failure ... Echocardiogram #a4c ... #pocus #clinical
Restrictive Cardiomyopathy on Echocardiogram - Apical 4 Chamber View

RCM is a disease of diastole —> severe
Restrictive Cardiomyopathy ... septum might look ... Echocardiogram #clinical ... #pocus #echocardiogram ... #cardiology #a4c
Huge right atrial myxoma on POCUS Echocardiogram

Notice the typical attachment to the inter-atrial septum (fossa ovalis)
Huge right atrial ... myxoma on POCUS ... septum (fossa ovalis ... Echocardiogram #clinical ... #cardiology #s4c
Cardiac LV Thrombus on Echocardiogram (A4C)
48 year old woman in ICU for acute ischemic limb. PMHx
Echocardiogram (A4C ... What are the next POCUS ... tests are not POCUS ... : serial blood cultures ... #clinical #cardiology