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Upper Extremity Venous Thrombosis - Management and Anatomy

Deep - Superficial - Catheter Associated

#UpperExtremity #Veins #Venous #Thrombosis
Upper Extremity ... Superficial #Deep #VTE ... Management #Anatomy #Anticoagulation
Echocardiogram Windows - Nomenclature
Each view is described using three (3) components
1) Transducer Position or "Window"
Echocardiogram Windows ... Mitral valve (MV), Aortic ... Echocardiogram #Windows ... Nomenclature #POCUS #cardiology ... #views #TTE #orientations
Parasternal Short Axis Windows:

Aortic Valve, Mitral Valve, and Papillary Muscle Views

Understanding long and short axes in
Parasternal Short Axis Windows ... : Aortic Valve ... short axes in TTE ... cianmcdermott #PSAX #Windows ... Views #Clinical #Cardiology
POCUS Echocardiography - Table of Cardiac Views and Windows
 • Parastemal Long-Axis View (PLAX)
 • Parasternal
Cardiac Views and Windows ... • SC Abdominal Aorta ... Axis • PSAX: Aortic ... POCUS #Cardiac #TTE ... Echocardiography #Cardiology
Clotmaster Consensus 2019: Duration of Therapy for Venous Thromboembolic Disease
 • Superficial Venous Thrombosis
 • Upper
Thrombosis • Upper ... Extremity DVT: ... or more lower extremity ... DeLoughery @Bloodman #VTE ... #anticoagulation
Complex Aortic Atheroma on Suprasternal Notch View 
Never forget the suprasternal view during standard TTE examination.

Would
Complex Aortic Atheroma ... during standard TTE ... aspirin on top on anticoagulation ... #Atheroma #aorta ... Echocardiogram #clinical #cardiology
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
CA • Involves aortic ... • TTE nondiagnostic ... cause + Systemic anticoagulation ... block, annular or aortic ... diagnosis #management #cardiology
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
risk (>5%): - Aortic ... Anticoagulation ... one post op Cardiology ... • <3mo since VTE ... undergoing AAA or upper
Transesophageal Echocardiogram (TEE) Windows
1. ME 5-Chamber view 
2. ME 4-Chamber view 
3. ME-Commissural view 
4. ME
Echocardiogram (TEE) Windows ... ME-Ascending Aorta ... Upper Right & Left ... Echocardiogram #TEE #Windows ... Views #diagnosis #cardiology
Summary of Oncologic Emergencies

Neutropenic fever:
- Fever + ANC < 500 → start cefepime ± vancomycin (if
compression: - Lower-extremity ... swelling, dyspnea, upper-extremity ... interventional radiology ... stenting - Consider anticoagulation