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Coronary Artery Embolism - Etiology and Scoring
Etiology:
 • Direct: Clot (LV thrombus, LAA Thrombus), Valve (Vegetation,
Etiology: • Direct: Clot ... Angiography or Cardiac ... risk factors: cardiomyopathy ... PFO, ASD, h/o of cardiac ... #diagnosis #differential
Mesenteric Ischemia - Differential Diagnostic Schema
Chronic: ASCVD, Venous, Vasculitides 5% (PAN, [E]GPA, IgA, MPA)
Acute
 - Venous
- Differential Diagnostic ... Schema Chronic: ... least common): Thrombus ... / Embolism: Cardiac ... inflammation → clot
Complications Following Myocardial Infarction
Heart Failure - Ineffcient pumping of the heart.  Can be acute or
Can be acute or chronic ... Regurge Mural Thrombus ... Leading to emboli ... External (myocardial wall ... rupture, Leading to cardiac
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
 •
Causes of Chronic ... • Effusion • Cardiac ... • Restrictive Cardiomyopathy ... /Masses Chest Wall ... • Pulmonary Embolism
Cardiac LV Thrombus on Echocardiogram (A4C)
48 year old woman in ICU for acute ischemic limb. PMHx
Cardiac LV Thrombus ... Echocardiogram (A4C ... ) 48 year old woman ... the context of embolism ... #A4C #clinical
This is the bedside Echo of a critically ill young lady who was transferred in profound
Her working diagnoses ... We call these “clots-in ... Clinical #POCUS #Cardiac ... #A4C #MassivePE ... #Embolism #Thrombus
Rheumatic Heart Disease - Mitral Stenosis on Echocardiogram
(1) Thickened and fibrosed MV leaflets - rheumatic etiology
(4) All 4 cardiac ... (5) Layered clot ... clinical #cardiology #a4c ... #thrombus
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
• Pulmonary embolus ... LVEDd > 6.0 cm, LV thrombus ... and timing with Cardio-OB ... Many patients will ... follow-up with Cardio-OB