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Severe Left Atrial Enlargement on Echocardiogram
Have you ever seen a left atrium this big!?!? 
LA diameter
Severe Left Atrial ... Enlargement on ... seen a left atrium ... #Atrial #Enlargement ... Clinical #POCUS #A4C
Severe Left Atrial Enlargement on Echocardiogram

- Dr. MOHAMMAD TARIQ ALI https://twitter.com/DRTARIQ786

#Left #Atrial #Enlargement #Severe #Cardiology #Echocardiogram
Severe Left Atrial ... Enlargement on ... DRTARIQ786 #Left ... #Atrial #Enlargement ... Clinical #POCUS #A4C
Mitral Stenosis and Left Atrial Thrombus on Echocardiogram (a4c)

Mitral stenosis is a risk factor for LA
Mitral Stenosis ... and Left Atrial ... (a4c) Mitral ... #Atrial #Thrombus ... #a4c #Echocardiogram
Atrial Fibrillation (A-Fib) Summary

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

Why?
Cardiac:
	• Valvular heart
Atrial Fibrillation ... risk factors Atrial ... atria, the size ... atrial thrombus ... atrial occlusion
Severe Mitral Stenosis on Transesophageal Echocardiogram
Spontaneous contrast 'smoke' in the left atrium
AF + stasis = huge
Severe Mitral Stenosis ... 'smoke' in the left ... atrium AF + stasis ... = huge risk of thrombus ... Labeled "hockey
Rheumatic Heart Disease - Mitral Stenosis on Echocardiogram
(1) Thickened and fibrosed MV leaflets - rheumatic etiology
Disease - Mitral Stenosis ... (5) Layered clot ... (7) patient in atrial ... clinical #cardiology #a4c ... #thrombus
Causes of mitral stenosis
Rheumatic heart disease
 - Most common cause worldwide. Commissural fusion, thick MV leaflets
shortened chordae Severe ... vegetations)/tumor (left ... atrial myxoma)/ ... ball valve thrombus ... #Causes #diagnosis
Negative Contrast Effect in Right Atrium - Differential Diagnosis
1. Small secundum ASD or PFO with left
Effect in Right Atrium ... ASD or PFO with left ... Effect #Right #Atrium ... echocardiogram #s4c ... #pocus #bubble
Tropical Endomyocardial Fibrosis (EMF)
snrunken ventnoes
Hallmark chronic EMF features include:
 • Apical obliteration of the left and/or
obliteration of the left ... with overlying thrombus ... ventricles and marked atria ... enlargement secondary ... EMF #cardiology #diagnosis