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POCUS Echocardiography - Table of Cardiac Views and Windows
 • Parastemal Long-Axis View (PLAX)
 • Parasternal
POCUS Echocardiography ... Inferior Vena Cava ... Doppler #Anatomy #POCUS ... Comparison #Table #Echocardiography ... #Cardiology
Diastolic Dysfunction Grading - Echocardiography
Grade 0  (Normal):
 • E/A >0.8, e’ > 8 cm/s, E/e’
Dysfunction Grading - Echocardiography ... Relaxation Speed - POCUS ... Dysfunction #Grading #Echocardiography ... echocardiogram #grades #diagnosis ... #cardiology #POCUS
Approach to ECGs - Syncope Syndromes
Electrolytes
 • ↑K - brady, peak T, wide QRS, no P,
P • ↑ Ca - short ... see below) • ↓ Ca ... Syncope #Syndromes #ECG ... #EKG #Checklist ... #diagnosis #cardiology
Echocardiographic criteria of LV Non-compaction
Chin Criteria (1990):
 • Absence of any other coexisting cardiac structural abnormality
Echocardiographic ... Views: parasternal long ... Noncompaction #Echocardiography ... #Jenni #Chin #cardiology ... #diagnosis
Severe Heart Failure & Cardiogenic Shock - Management Checklist 
Evaluation 
 - EKG & echocardiography
Evaluation - EKG ... & echocardiography ... Lytes including Ca ... 1 — Treat the lungs ... #HeartFailure #Cardiology
Graphic representation of transthoracic echocardiographic parameters in the assessment of right ventricular pressure overload. A′ = peak late
transthoracic echocardiographic ... late diastolic (during ... ventricle, parasternal long ... Transthoracic #Diagnosis ... RightVentricular #Cardiology
Approach to ECGs
Check
 - Age, gender, name
 - 25mm/s; 10mm/mV
 - 1mm = 40ms; 0.1 mV
Rate
<300-360 ms: ↑ca ... - Long QT: "antis ... #Approach #ECG ... #EKG #diagnosis ... electrocardiogram #cardiology
Constrictive Pericarditis on Echocardiogram
A 55-year-old female marathon runner presents to clinic w/ 6-months of worsening breathlessness
had gained 15 kg ... edema, and clear lungs ... expiration not meeting diagnostic ... Echocardiogram #a4c #pocus ... #clinical #cardiology
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
b) CHF c) CVA ... Obtain EKG if: ... one post op Cardiology ... unless prior heart/lung ... stratification #diagnosis
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
verrucous) • Lung ... Differential Diagnosis ... • Nonbacterial thrombotic ... ↑ ESR, CRP • EKG ... #management #cardiology