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POCUS Echocardiography - Table of Cardiac Views and Windows
 • Parastemal Long-Axis View (PLAX)
 • Parasternal
Echocardiography - Table of Cardiac ... -Chamber View (A4C ... • PSAX: Aortic Valve ... • PSAX: Mitral Valve ... Echocardiogram #Heart
Carcinoid Heart Disease on Echocardiogram (A4C)

"Frozen" tricuspid valve with severe regurgitation. Carcinoid heart disease: Thickening, retraction
Echocardiogram (A4C ... ) "Frozen" tricuspid ... Disease #frozen #tricuspid ... #a4c #Echocardiogram ... #clinical #cardiology
Jugular Waveform Components 
 • a wave - due to atrial contraction: It occurs just before
before the first heart ... • c wave - caused ... valve closing back ... valve. ... #PhysicalExam #cardiology
Right-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac Causes - Rule out Left-Sided Heart Failure (Most Common):
Right-Sided Heart ... Diagnosis Algorithm Cardiac ... Cardiomyopathy - Valves ... Stenosis • Tricuspid ... Primary Pulmonary Arterial
Right Sided Failure secondary to Carcinoid Heart Disease on Echocardiogram
Carcinoid heart disease results in characteristic right
In this case, note ... valve leaflets ... in torrential tricuspid ... Carcinoid #clinical #cardiology ... echocardiogram #pocus #a4c
Widened Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis and Pathophysiology

Pulse pressure is the difference between the systolic blood
Physiologic Causes ... Pathologic Causes ... valve conditions ... Regurgitation) • Tricuspid ... #cardiology
Right Heart Catheterization Cheat Sheet: Interpretation of Pressures and Waveforms 
Direct measurements
 ● Central venous pressure
Right Heart Catheterization ... ● Pulmonary arterial ... /m2) (SVI = CI/heart ... closure of the tricuspid ... valve
RA/CVP Waveform Interpretation

Central venous pressure (CVP) or right atrial pressure (RAP) waveform tracings can often times
ventricle (RV), tricuspid ... valve (TV), and ... identify at slower heart ... “cannon waves” caused ... Success of mitral valve
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
• Prosthetic valve ... Libman Sacks) • Atrial ... Septic Emboli Cause ... Treat underlying cause ... Substance use: R > L Tricuspid
Coronary Artery Embolism - Etiology and Scoring
Etiology:
 • Direct: Clot (LV thrombus, LAA Thrombus), Valve (Vegetation,
Venous System/Right Heart ... Angiography or Cardiac ... - Most Common Cause ... PFO, ASD, h/o of cardiac ... scoring #criteria #cardiology