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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
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
Pulse Abnormalities - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unequal/DeIayed:
 • Obstructive arterial disease (ie. Atherosclerosis)
 • Aortic dissection
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beats: • Left heart ... pressure >10mmHg: • Cardiac ... • Constrictive Pericarditis ... Abnormalities #Disorders #Cardiology ... #causes
Echocardiography
Right ventricular function can be assessed using several methods and echocardiography is generally the first‐line tool
independent prognostic value ... predictive of all‐cause ... mortality and heart ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology ... #POCUS #Echocardiogram
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
Restrictive Cardiomyopathy - Diagnosis and Causes
Clinical: Dyspnea, Exercise Intolerance, ↑ "Right Sided-Symptoms" (ascites, hepatomegaly, ↑↑peripheral edema)
Physical
Diagnosis and Causes ... Descents, Rales,+S4 ... Endomyocardial: Carcinoid Heart ... #differential #cardiology ... #algorithm
Cardiac metastasis of lung cancer (2D/3D TTE)

What is the most common type of cancer to metastasize
breast cancer (10%–12% ... (>1/2 melanoma cases ... metastasis #clinical #cardiology ... echocardiogram #pocus ... #a4c #3d
Right Sided Failure secondary to Carcinoid Heart Disease on Echocardiogram
Carcinoid heart disease results in characteristic right
In this case, note ... septal tricuspid valve ... Carcinoid #clinical #cardiology ... echocardiogram #pocus ... #a4c