5 results
Negative contrast effect = a washout of the contrast (agitated saline) in the right atrium in
saline) in the right ... with an ASD ... #ASD #atrial #septal ... #defect #a4c #Echocardiogram ... clinical #cardiology #pocus
Atrial Fibrillation (A-Fib) Summary

Symptoms:
• Palpitations, light-headedness, dizziness, dyspnea, exercise intolerance, chest pain, near-syncope, syncope.

Why?
Cardiac:
	• Valvular heart
(< 5% pts with afibb ... and left atria, ... of the right and ... severe mitral stenosis ... #diagnosis #management
Negative Contrast Effect in Right Atrium - Differential Diagnosis
1. Small secundum ASD or PFO with left
Effect in Right ... Small secundum ASD ... #Effect #Right ... echocardiogram #s4c ... #pocus #bubble
Rheumatic Heart Disease - Mitral Stenosis on Echocardiogram
(1) Thickened and fibrosed MV leaflets - rheumatic etiology
(5) Layered clot ... spontaneous echo contrast ... (7) patient in atrial ... clinical #cardiology #a4c ... #thrombus
Cardiac LV Thrombus on Echocardiogram (A4C)
48 year old woman in ICU for acute ischemic limb. PMHx
Echocardiogram (A4C ... ) 48 year old woman ... maybe consider contrast ... : serial blood cultures ... Echocardiogram #A4C