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Severe Left Atrial Enlargement on Echocardiogram
Have you ever seen a left atrium this big!?!? 
LA diameter
Severe Left Atrial ... seen a left atrium ... LA diameter > 7 ... #Atrial #Enlargement ... Echocardiogram #Clinical #POCUS
Watchman Closure Device - Intraoperative View
Ever wonder what a Watchman looks like inside the left atrial
Intraoperative View Ever ... like inside the left ... atrial appendage ... Intraoperative #clinical #video ... #thoracic #surgery
Prone Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (P-CPR)
 - Confirm cardiac arrest
 - Shout for help
 - Commence prone CPR
prone CPR (Mid-thoracic ... level between scapulae ... Defibrillation pads (Left ... End tidal CO2 / arterial ... Arrest #CPR #PCPR #algorithm
Approach to the A-a Gradient
A-a gradient = PAO2 - PaO2
A-a gradient = [FiO2 x (Patm -
Room Air + Sea Level ... Gradient • Right to Left ... UnremarkableLab #AA ... Gradient #alveolar #arterial ... Hypoxia #hypoxemia #differential
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
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Vasculitides - Differential ... syndrome - Coronary arteries ... Thrombosis and arterial ... retinopathy Lab ... Tests: • CBC • LFT
Double Shunt on Echocardiogram
What do you see on this saline contrast study, in a patient with
with end-stage liver ... L shunt as RAP>LAP ... as atrial septum ... shifts left ... Echocardiogram #clinical #pocus