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POCUS Echocardiography - Table of Cardiac Views and Windows
 • Parastemal Long-Axis View (PLAX)
 • Parasternal
POCUS Echocardiography ... - Table of Cardiac ... #Cardiac #TTE # ... Echocardiogram #Heart ... Echocardiography #Cardiology
Myocarditis
Diagnosis 
• Endomyocardial biopsy (gold standard, rarely performed) 
• Clinical presentation 
• Cardiovascular MRI 
Clinical 
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• Chest pain, pericarditis ... tachycardia • S3, S4 ... block • Heart ... shock, sudden cardiac ... Diagnosis #Management #Cardiology
Right-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac Causes - Rule out Left-Sided Heart Failure (Most Common):
Right-Sided Heart ... Cardiac Causes ... Cardiomyopathy - Valves ... • Constrictive Pericarditis ... #HeartFailure #Cardiology
Constrictive Pericarditis on Echocardiogram
A 55-year-old female marathon runner presents to clinic w/ 6-months of worsening breathlessness
to workup right-heart ... velocity of 9.5 cm/sec ... Echocardiogram #a4c ... #pocus #clinical ... #cardiology
Cardiac Murmurs and Maneuvers

An algorithm demonstrating the effect of various maneuvers on systolic murmurs. 
TR, tricuspid
Cardiac Murmurs ... Maneuvers An algorithm ... MVP/MR, mitral valve ... Murmurs #Maneuvers #Heart ... #Cardiology #PhysicalExam
Pulse Abnormalities - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unequal/DeIayed:
 • Obstructive arterial disease (ie. Atherosclerosis)
 • Aortic dissection
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Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... beats: • Left heart ... pressure >10mmHg: • Cardiac ... • Constrictive Pericarditis ... Abnormalities #Disorders #Cardiology
Carcinoid Heart Disease on Echocardiogram (A4C)

"Frozen" tricuspid valve with severe regurgitation. Carcinoid heart disease: Thickening, retraction
Carcinoid Heart ... Echocardiogram (A4C ... Carcinoid heart ... Echocardiogram #clinical #cardiology ... #pocus
Echocardiography
Right ventricular function can be assessed using several methods and echocardiography is generally the first‐line tool
independent prognostic value ... of normal <35%12 ... mortality and heart ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology ... #POCUS #Echocardiogram
Univentricular heart, Left Ventricular type l-loop

Ventriculoarterial connections are discordant 
Common atrioventricular valve 
Pulmonary artery banding
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Univentricular heart ... atrioventricular valve ... Echocardiogram #POCUS ... Echocardiogram #A4c ... #Cardiology
Palpitations - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
• It is an unpleasant awareness or sensation that the heart is
Physical exam • 12 ... failure • Mitral valve ... tachycardia • Pericarditis ... Mechanical prosthetic valve ... #Palpitations #Cardiology