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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
Differentiating NBTE from Infective Endocarditis
No pathognomonic signs/symptoms or echo features that are specific to NBTE, and
demonstration of platelet thrombi ... cultures/serology: Serial ... often small (<1 ... Predilection for left-sided ... #Endocarditis #comparison
Double Shunt on Echocardiogram
What do you see on this saline contrast study, in a patient with
1. ... Early transit of bubbles ... as RAP>LAP as atrial ... septum shifts left ... #clinical #pocus