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Chest pain, good story, but nonspecific ECG? Do a bedside echo: regional WMAs support your case
Do a bedside echo ... WMAs support your case ... Clinical #Diagnosis #POCUS
Ruptured Chordae Tendineae on POCUS Echocardiogram
 
Many underlying causes, not limited to: MVP, subacute endocarditis, connective
Chordae Tendineae on POCUS ... Many underlying causes ... MVP, subacute endocarditis ... Chordae #Tendineae #POCUS
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
Endocarditis Summary ... positive in 90% of IE cases ... Septic Emboli Cause ... cultures • 2D Echo ... Treat underlying cause
Differentiating NBTE from Infective Endocarditis
No pathognomonic signs/symptoms or echo features that are specific to NBTE, and
from Infective Endocarditis ... signs/symptoms or echo ... Non-Bacterial Thrombotic Endocarditis ... in up to 30% of cases ... #NonInfective #Endocarditis
Constrictive Pericarditis on POCUS Echocardiogram - Apical 3-Chamber View

Young Lupus patient admitted to hospital new onset
Pericarditis on POCUS ... could pinpoint the cause ... New onset HFpEF case ... Had echo done one ... Pericarditis #CP #POCUS
Constrictive Pericarditis on POCUS Echocardiogram - Subcostal View

Young Lupus patient admitted to hospital new onset HFpEF.
Pericarditis on POCUS ... could pinpoint the cause ... New onset HFpEF case ... other constrictive echo ... Pericarditis #CP #POCUS
Tricuspid Vegetations in Endocarditis on POCUS Echocardiogram (s4c)
There are times you do a bedside echo on
Vegetations in Endocarditis ... on POCUS Echocardiogram ... you do a bedside echo ... factors for TV endocarditis ... #POCUS #Echocardiogram
This massive burden of tricuspid valve vegetation was caught in a young patient with septic shock.
Echo ALL shock patients ... EM_RESUS #Clinical #POCUS ... Tricuspid #Vegetation #Endocarditis
Endocarditis - Overview and Differential Diagnosis Framework

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV
Endocarditis - Overview ... Septic emboli cause ... cultures • 2D Echo ... Treat underlying cause ... #Endocarditis
Sinatrial Nodal Pause
Can you guess what happened during echo?

- Ivan Stankovic, MD, PhD @Ivan_Echocardio

#Sinatrial #Nodal #Pause
Sinatrial Nodal Pause ... happened during echo ... Sinatrial #Nodal #Pause ... echocardiogram #a4c #pocus