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Degenerated Left Atrial Myxoma on Echocardiogram (PLAX)
A 68-year-old gentleman with progressive shortness of breath and cystic
Degenerated Left ... Atrial Myxoma on ... Final diagnosis ... #Degenerated #Atrial ... clinical #cardiology #pocus
Venous Thrombosis vs Arterial Thrombosis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

VENOUS THROMBOSIS

 • Acquired Risk Factors:
	- >48 hours
• Cardiac: - Atrial ... thrombus - atrial ... fibrillation - Left ... cardiac valves (septic ... #pathophysiology
Oxyhemoglobin Dissociation Curve 

Left Shift - decreased unloading of O2 at tissue level (i.e.  increased
variant • fetal ... anæmia • arterial ... Dissociation #Curve #Pathophysiology ... #Differential # ... Causes #Diagnosis
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 ... Transthoracic echocardiogram ... ventricular size, Right atrial ... of ventricular septum
Negative Contrast Effect in Right Atrium - Differential Diagnosis
1. Small secundum ASD or PFO with left
- Differential ... Diagnosis 1. ... ASD or PFO with left ... #clinical #echocardiogram ... #s4c #pocus #bubble
Uncommon Causes of Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema (NCPE) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

High Altitude Pulmonary Edema:
 • Accumulation
Edema (NCPE) - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... No evidence of left ... atrial hypertension ... #diagnosis #NCPE
Transesophageal Echocardiogram (TEE) Windows
1. ME 5-Chamber view 
2. ME 4-Chamber view 
3. ME-Commissural view 
4. ME
Transesophageal Echocardiogram ... (TEE) Windows 1. ... Upper Right & Left ... ME Left Atrial Appendage ... Windows #Views #diagnosis
Double Shunt on Echocardiogram
What do you see on this saline contrast study, in a patient with
Double Shunt on Echocardiogram ... 1. ... as RAP>LAP as atrial ... septum shifts left ... #clinical #pocus