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Severe Left Atrial Enlargement on Echocardiogram
Have you ever seen a left atrium this big!?!? 
LA diameter
Severe Left Atrial ... Have you ever ... seen a left atrium ... #Atrial #Enlargement ... #Clinical #POCUS
Diagnostic algorithm for a child or adolescent with suspected pulmonary hypertension. CHD, congenital heart disease; CPET,
Diagnostic algorithm ... hereditary pulmonary arterial ... idiopathic pulmonary arterial ... lung disease; LFT ... , liver function
Differentiating PAH from PVH - Echocardiography
Pulmonary Artery Hypertension (PAH):
 • RV size - Enlarged
 • LA
from right to left ... • ElA ratio << 1 ... Differentiating #PAH #PVH #Echocardiogram ... #comparison #diagnosis ... cardiology #pulmonary #arterial
Portopulmonary Hypertension
Presence of pulmonary arterial hypertension in a patient with portal hypertension
No other obvious causes (chronic
Presence of pulmonary arterial ... lung disease, left ... thromboembolism) 1) ... Transthoracic echocardiogram ... ventricular size, Right atrial
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
Summary A defect in arterial ... diffusion-perfusion defect (Type 1) ... Microbubbles appear in left ... cycles after right atrial ... passage • Arterial
Factors that May Affect Fetal Oxygenation - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Excessive Uterine Activity:
 • Hyperstimulation
 • Placental
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Decreased Maternal Arterial ... Blood Flow: • Hypotension ... Conditions: • Fever ... Vasculopathy (SLE, Type 1
Giant dilated left atrium on Echocardiogram (a4c)
It belongs to a 92-year old lady with a history
atrium on Echocardiogram ... with a history of hypertension ... sinus rhythm... 1. ... #atrium #a4c #Echocardiogram ... clinical #cardiology #pocus
Double Shunt on Echocardiogram
What do you see on this saline contrast study, in a patient with
and pulmonary hypertension ... 1. ... as RAP>LAP as atrial ... septum shifts left ... #clinical #pocus
Differentiating NBTE from Infective Endocarditis
No pathognomonic signs/symptoms or echo features that are specific to NBTE, and
Features of Non-Bacterial ... cultures/serology: Serial ... often small (<1 ... Predilection for left-sided ... #Endocarditis #comparison
Amyloidosis - Summary
Group of disorders associated with extracellular deposition of fibrils formed from low-molecular-weight proteins in
Amyloidosis Diagnosis: 1. ... • Orthostatic hypotension ... activation → IL-1 ... Testing: • EKG • Echocardiogram ... disproportionate atrial