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Echocardiogram Windows - Nomenclature
Each view is described using three (3) components
1) Transducer Position or "Window"
Echocardiogram Windows ... or4C 3) Region or Structures ... Two-chamber #Echocardiogram ... Nomenclature #POCUS #cardiology
The Role of Echocardiography in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
 • Establish diagnosis & determine pattern of hypertrophy
 •
regurgitation, & intrinsic structure ... Cardiomyopathy #HCM #HOCM #Echocardiogram ... #cardiology #diagnosis
Congenital Heart Disorders - Classification and Differential Algorithm

- Amy Chung, MD, MSc @AmyChung 

#Congenital #Heart #Disorders
and Differential Algorithm ... Amy Chung, MD, MSc ... #Differential #Algorithm ... Peds #Pediatrics #Cardiology
Wide Complex Tachycardia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Irregular
 • Polymorphic VT
    - Torsades
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Monomorphic VT - Structural ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #WCT #cardiology
Echocardiographic criteria of LV Non-compaction
Chin Criteria (1990):
 • Absence of any other coexisting cardiac structural abnormality
coexisting cardiac structural ... coexisting cardiac structural ... Focus on a 2-layer structure ... Echocardiography #Echocardiogram ... #Jenni #Chin #cardiology
Atrial Fibrillation Overview

Symptoms:
Palpitations, light-headedness, dizziness, dyspnea, exercise intolerance, chest pain, near-syncope, syncope.

1. Why?
Cardiac:
• Valvular heart disease
•
heart disease • Structural ... #Fibrillation #Cardiology ... #Management #Algorithm
Vascular Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
 - Constant Pain (Ischemia)
 - Acute Onset
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Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Compression • Any structure ... Vascular #JointPain #MSK ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
TISSUE APPEARANCES ON 
MUSCULOSKELETAL ULTRASOUND 

Bone:
 
Bone is represented as a very bright structure and appears
a very bright structure ... pepper pot’ like structures ... MUSCULOSKELETAL #MSK ... Atlas #Clinical #Radiology
Dysphagia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Oropharyngeal Dysphagia 
Esophageal Dysphagia 
 • Upper 2/3 (striated muscle): stroke, NMJ
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... disorders, ALS, MS ... MCTD, achalasia. strictures ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Pudendal Neuralgia
• Pudendal nerve arises from S2-S4 roots and innervates perineal structures
• Nerve is prone to
innervates perineal structures ... Neuralgia #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #MSK