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LAD Coronary Artery Dissection on POCUS

Severe CP x 1 hour, Ant/Sept STEMI on EKG.  ED
LAD Coronary Artery ... /Sept STEMI on EKG ... Dissection #POCUS #Echocardiogram ... #PSAX #Clinical ... #Cardiology
Inferior Regional Wall Motion Abnormalities on POCUS Echocardiogram

Older male with chest pain, diaphoresis. ECG with concerning
Abnormalities on POCUS Echocardiogram ... ECG with concerning ... Abnormality #POCUS #Echocardiogram ... #clinical #cardiology ... #PSAX #Labeled
Echocardiogram Windows - Nomenclature
Each view is described using three (3) components
1) Transducer Position or "Window"
Echocardiogram Windows ... Imaging Plane, e.g ... ., LAX, SAX, or4C ... Two-chamber #Echocardiogram ... Nomenclature #POCUS #cardiology
Cardiac Stress Testing
Exercise:
 • Everyone who can exercise should!
 • They must be able to raise
Cardiac Stress Testing ... muscle relaxation & coronary ... arrythmias Diagnostics: EKG ... #Testing #cardiology ... #management #diagnosis
Anterior Hypokinesis on POCUS Echocardiogram

A 69yo female with history of hypertension presents with 30min shortness of
EKG unremarkable ... This was her EKG ... #clinical #cardiology ... #PSAX #WMA #Akinesis ... #LAD
Vasospastic (Prinzmetal) Angina
Definition / Epidemiology:
 • Rest angina attributed to coronary artery vasospasm.
 • Patients often
attributed to coronary ... changes on tele/ECG ... tests in cath lab ... Prinzmetal #Angina #cardiology ... #diagnosis #management
Coronary Ostium Obstruction by Aortic Intimal Flap on Echocardiogram
Aortic intimal flap may alternately obstruct right and
Intimal Flap on Echocardiogram ... elevations in different ECG ... dissection #a4c #plax ... #Echocardiogram ... #clinical #cardiology
DETROIT CARDIOGENIC SHOCK INITIATIVE ALGORITHM

INCLUSION CRITERIA
Acute Myocardial Infarction
 Ischemic Symptoms
 EKG and/or biomarker evidence of AMI
Ischemic Symptoms  EKG ... ACTIVATE CATH LAB ... place IMPELLA Coronary ... DCSI #Initiative #Management ... #Cardiology
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
our friends from Cardiology ... Cardiology cannot ... patients with CAD ... #echocardiogram ... #management #clinical
Bradycardia
1) First Steps: IV, O2, Monitors, ECG, Pads on patient, Crash Cart in room. Is patient
Bradycardia 1) First Steps ... O2, Monitors, ECG ... : Bad block? ... #differential #management ... #cardiology