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Estimating Left Ventricular Filling Pressure by Echocardiography

#Diagnosis #Cardiology #Echocardiogram #POCUS #Diastolic #Dysfunction #Diastology #Diastasis #EWave #AWave
Echocardiography #Diagnosis ... #Cardiology #Echocardiogram ... POCUS #Diastolic #Dysfunction ... #EWave #AWave #EARatio
Here’s a basic Diastology primer sheet I made before @sinaiemus echo session based on podcasts by
@SAlerhand #Diagnosis ... #Cardiology #Echocardiogram ... POCUS #Diastolic #Dysfunction ... #EWave #AWave #EARatio
Right heart dysfunction and failure in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: mechanisms and management 
Source:
Right heart dysfunction ... right ventricular dysfunction ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology ... #Echocardiogram ... CongestiveHeartFailure #RVFailure #Criteria
Echocardiography
Right ventricular function can be assessed using several methods and echocardiography is generally the first‐line tool
#Diagnosis #Cardiology ... #POCUS #Echocardiogram ... RightVentricular #RVDysfunction ... #Measurements #Criteria
Echocardiographic criteria of LV Non-compaction
Chin Criteria (1990):
 • Absence of any other coexisting cardiac structural abnormality
end-diastole • Ratio ... end-systole • Ratio ... Echocardiography #Echocardiogram ... #Chin #cardiology ... #diagnosis
Constrictive Pericarditis on Echocardiogram
A 55-year-old female marathon runner presents to clinic w/ 6-months of worsening breathlessness
Pericarditis on Echocardiogram ... 74, JVP 15 cm ASA ... expiration not meeting diagnostic ... criteria (D) a ... pocus #clinical #cardiology
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
Differential Diagnosis ... Diagnosis? ... -> TEE • Duke Criteria ... Surgery: • Valvular dysfunction ... #cardiology
ASE Echocardiographic Evaluation of LV Diastolic Function
 - Myocardial Function and LV Filling
 - Criteria for
LV Filling - Criteria ... for Diagnosis of ... LV Diastolic Dysfunction ... Function #diastology #cardiology ... #echocardiogram
Endocarditis - Overview and Differential Diagnosis Framework

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV
and Differential Diagnosis ... → TEE • Duke Criteria ... Surgery: • Valvular dysfunction ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #cardiology #infectiousdiseases