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Severity of Aortic Stenosis in Adults 
Current ACC/AHA guidelines recommend cut-off values for Doppler-echocardiographic measurements of
Adults Current ACC ... aortic valve area ... with impaired and normal ... Aortic #Stenosis #AorticStenosis ... Classification #Severity #Criteria
Echocardiography
Right ventricular function can be assessed using several methods and echocardiography is generally the first‐line tool
Fractional area ... lower limit of normal ... Diagnosis #Cardiology #POCUS ... #Echocardiogram ... #Measurements #Criteria
Constrictive Pericarditis on Echocardiogram
A 55-year-old female marathon runner presents to clinic w/ 6-months of worsening breathlessness
Pericarditis on Echocardiogram ... ASA, Kussmaul's sign ... transthoracic echocardiogram ... meeting diagnostic criteria ... #a4c #pocus #clinical
This 24M presented with acute onset CP/SOB, hypoxia, HR 150s. What's the diagnosis? Treatment options? Hint:
with McConnell's sign ... 3 d later with normal ... #Clinical #POCUS ... #Echocardiogram ... #A4C #McConnells
Cool echo - RV strain, McConnell sign, and CLOT IN TRANSIT!! BP is normal and pt
strain, McConnell sign ... BP is normal and ... #Clinical #POCUS ... #Echocardiogram ... #A4C #McConnells
In order to get good visualization of the RV, Intravenous Definity (brand name echo contrast material)
orange colored area ... #Clinical #POCUS ... #Echocardiogram ... #Definity #A4C ... #McConnells #Sign