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ASE Echocardiographic Assessment of Valve Stenosis
 • Aortic Valve Stenosis
 • Mitral Valve Stenosis
 • Tricuspid
Assessment of Valve ... Stenosis #Valvular ... #Stenosis #Echocardiogram ... #POCUS #diagnosis ... cardiology #criteria #POCUS
ASE Echocardiography Guidelines for Evaluation of Valvular Regurgitation
 • Aortic Valve
 • Mitral Valve
 • Tricuspid
Evaluation of Valvular ... #Valvular #Regurgitation ... #Echocardiogram ... #POCUS #diagnosis ... cardiology #criteria #POCUS
Infective endocarditis - etiology and sources of infection. 
 • Native and prosthetic 
valve endocarditis
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and prosthetic valve ... Prolonged indwelling vascular ... perineum • Bowel malignancy ... #Microbiology #Diagnosis
Lung Nodule - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Nodule on > 2 Years Without a Change in Size:
 •
- Differential Diagnosis ... Solitary Nodule: • Malignant ... Colon, Kidney, Breast ... Pneumoconiosis Vascular ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
• Prosthetic valve ... Non-Infectious (NTBE): • Malignancy ... Influenza Prosthetic Valve ... Differential Diagnosis ... Endocarditis Diagnosis
ASE Echocardiography Evaluation of Aortic Regurgitation
A. Color Flow Doppler
B. Pulsed Wave Doppler
C. Continuous Wave Doppler
D. Quantitative
Regurgitation #Echocardiogram ... #diagnosis #cardiology ... #POCUS #Valve #
Malignant Pericardial Effusion on POCUS Echocardiogram

Which of the following is the most common etiology for this
Effusion on POCUS ... Echocardiogram ... particularly lung, breast ... #Effusion #POCUS ... #Echocardiogram
Approach to the Hypercoagulable State
Arterial thromboembolism
→ Cardiac rhythm monitoring, Echocardiogram, Vascular imaging
→ Test for APS, particularly
rhythm monitoring, Echocardiogram ... , Vascular imaging ... trauma, active malignancy ... an established malignancy ... Workup #hematology #diagnosis
Venous Thrombosis vs Arterial Thrombosis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

VENOUS THROMBOSIS

 • Acquired Risk Factors:
	- >48 hours
- Differential Diagnosis ... from prosthetic valves ... Infected cardiac valves ... #differential #diagnosis ... #vascular
Echocardiography
Right ventricular function can be assessed using several methods and echocardiography is generally the first‐line tool
independent prognostic value ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology ... #POCUS #Echocardiogram