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The location of the cardiac valves is best determined on the lateral radiograph.
A line is drawn
valves is best ... pulmonic and aortic valves ... tricuspid and mitral valves ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #CXR
Right-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac Causes - Rule out Left-Sided Heart Failure (Most Common):
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Cardiac ... Cardiomyopathy - Valves ... #HeartFailure #Cardiology ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Cardiac Stress Testing
Exercise:
 • Everyone who can exercise should!
 • They must be able to raise
Cardiac Stress Testing ... 85% of predicted value ... COREIMpodcast #Cardiac ... Stress #Testing #cardiology ... #management #diagnosis
Intracardiac Rhabdomyomas on Echocardiogram

Huge cardiac masses...initially diagnosed in utero, mass just beneath the aortic valve Anguished
Huge cardiac ... masses...initially diagnosed ... beneath the aortic valve ... #clinical #cardiology ... #pocus #plax
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
• Prosthetic valve ... dental procedure • Cardiac ... : • New cardiac ... Cerebral > Splenic, pulmonary ... #management #cardiology
Endocarditis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
What is it? Inflammation of endocardium, typically secondary to infection of
Endocarditis - Diagnosis ... and Management ... infection of heart valves ... lines, prosthetic/cardiac ... valve disease
On the left a patient with CHF. 
There is an increase in heart size compared to
redistribution of pulmonary ... supine film the cardiac ... films can be of value ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Exacerbation
Cardiac LV Thrombus on Echocardiogram Short-Axis View (PSAX)
48 year old woman in ICU for acute ischemic
Cardiac LV Thrombus ... on Echocardiogram ... are all of some value ... #LV #Echocardiogram ... #cardiology
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
murmur 3/6) - Pulmonary ... - Cataract Plan ... one post op Cardiology ... medical and surgical management ... stratification #diagnosis
Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) - Diagnosis and Management

Pneumonia Signs/Symptoms:
 • Confusion/disorientation (LR + 1.9)
 • Cough
Pneumonia (CAP) - Diagnosis ... and Management ... Yield of blood CX ... negative predictive value ... #Pulmonary #Community