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Mechanical Complications in Acute Myocardial Infarction
Acute LV/RV Dysfunction:
 • Regional wall motion, systolic and diastolic function,
Doppler to localize tear ... • Stasis and thrombus ... anterior infarct in apical ... associated with thrombus ... #diagnosis #timeline
Echocardiographic criteria of LV Non-compaction
Chin Criteria (1990):
 • Absence of any other coexisting cardiac structural abnormality
Echocardiographic criteria of LV ... subxyphoid, and apical ... axis and apical ... Echocardiography #Echocardiogram ... #diagnosis
Graphic representation of transthoracic echocardiographic parameters in the assessment of right ventricular pressure overload. A′ = peak late
= left atrium; LV ... with basal RV/LV ... arrows) parasternal short ... cmls) #TTE #Echocardiogram ... Transthoracic #Diagnosis
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
Differential Diagnosis ... thrombus, RV systolic ... pregnancy • May have typical ... with Cardio-OB team ... #management #cardiology
Cardiac LV Thrombus on Echocardiogram Short-Axis View (PSAX)
48 year old woman in ICU for acute ischemic
Cardiac LV Thrombus ... Short-Axis View ... (PSAX) 48 year ... woman in ICU for acute ... #Cardiac #LV #Echocardiogram
Cardiac LV Thrombus on Echocardiogram (A4C)
48 year old woman in ICU for acute ischemic limb. PMHx
Cardiac LV Thrombus ... on Echocardiogram ... (A4C) 48 year ... woman in ICU for acute ... #Cardiac #LV #Echocardiogram
McConnell's Sign on POCUS Echocardiogram (A4C)

A4c view; RV enlargement & hypokinesis with apical sparing ("McConnell Sign"
hypokinesis with apical ... McConnell Sign" c/w acute ... Diagnosis concerning ... A4C #clinical #ultrasound ... #cardiology
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Syndrome - Summary Acute ... cases/100,000 per year ... • Weakness: Starts ... variants: (1) acute ... #management #treatment
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
important to recognize Acute ... to be in ADHF starts ... importantly, bedside ultrasound ... may benefit from LV ... #algorithm #management
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
the setting of acute ... of Systole, the LV ... #diagnosis #algorithm ... #cardiology #echocardiogram ... #management #clinical