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Left atrial appendage thrombus on TTE

Yasmin S. Hamirani, MD @HamiraniYasmin

#atrial #appendage #thrombus #LAA #POCUS #echocardiogram #clinical
Left atrial appendage ... HamiraniYasmin #atrial ... #appendage #thrombus ... #LAA #POCUS #echocardiogram ... #clinical #cardiology
Left Atrial Appendage Myxoma

All that glitters is not gold. All mass in LAA is not clot.
Left Atrial Appendage ... of LAA myxoma. ... DrRajeshG1 #Left #Atrial ... #Appendage #Myxoma ... #cardiology
Atrial Fibrillation - Diagnosis, Causes, Presentations
Causes (PIRATES):
 - Pulmonary embolism 
 - Ischemia (cardiac) 
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Atrial Fibrillation ... - Diagnosis, Causes ... (PIRATES): - Pulmonary ... Repiratory disease - Atrial ... Rezapour @prezapour #Atrial
Degenerated Left Atrial Myxoma on Echocardiogram (PLAX)
A 68-year-old gentleman with progressive shortness of breath and cystic
Degenerated Left Atrial ... Final diagnosis ... #Degenerated #Atrial ... PLAX #clinical #cardiology ... #pocus
Causes of Diastolic Murmurs - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Early Diastolic:
 • Aortic Regurgitation
 • Pulmonary Regurgitation (Graham-Steell
Causes of Diastolic ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Regurgitation • Pulmonary ... Flint Murmur) • Atrial ... Diastolic #Murmurs #Cardiology
Coronary Artery Embolism - Etiology and Scoring
Etiology:
 • Direct: Clot (LV thrombus, LAA Thrombus), Valve (Vegetation,
, LAA Thrombus), ... Fibroelastoma), Mass (Myxoma ... - Most Common Cause ... venous origin of CE material ... non-culprit vessels • Atrial
Causes of mitral stenosis
Rheumatic heart disease
 - Most common cause worldwide. Commissural fusion, thick MV leaflets
vegetations)/tumor (left atrial ... myxoma)/ball valve ... thrombus - When ... #diagnosis #differential ... #cardiology
Graphic representation of transthoracic echocardiographic parameters in the assessment of right ventricular pressure overload. A′ = peak late
diastolic (during atrial ... inferior vena cava; LA ... acceleration time of pulmonary ... Transthoracic #Diagnosis ... RightVentricular #Cardiology
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
Libman Sacks) • Atrial ... myxoma • Hypercoagulable ... Cerebral > Splenic, pulmonary ... Septic Emboli Cause ... #management #cardiology
Transesophageal Echocardiogram (TEE) Windows
1. ME 5-Chamber view 
2. ME 4-Chamber view 
3. ME-Commissural view 
4. ME
ME Right Pulmonary ... Upper Right & Left Pulmonary ... ME Left Atrial Appendage ... Windows #Views #diagnosis ... #cardiology