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Type A Dissection on POCUS (PLAX view)

39 yo M w CP drops his BP in ED.
What's the Diagnosis ... Proximal aortic ... #Aorta #Echocardiogram ... #PLAX #Clinical ... #Ultrasound #POCUS
Pulmonary Embolism with IVC Thrombus In Transit

A patient presents with chest pain. Which of the following
Embolism with IVC Thrombus ... Which of the following ... most support her diagnosis ... #InTransit #clinical ... #ultrasound #echocardiogram
This is a parasternal long axis view demonstrating significant enlargement of the aortic root with an
enlargement of the ... Division Chief, Ultrasound ... Fellowship Director #Clinical ... #POCUS #Cardiac ... #Echocardiogram
Cardiac Sarcoidosis on Echocardiogram

Spot diagnosis for the fellows. Thinned, dyskinetic basal septum in patient who presents
Cardiac Sarcoidosis ... Spot diagnosis ... for the fellows ... #pocus #clinical ... #ultrasound #echocardiogram
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
diagnosis but rather ... importantly, bedside ultrasound ... hemodynamics and cardiac ... causing hypovolemia needing ... Cardiac cath if
Intracardiac Rhabdomyomas on Echocardiogram

Huge cardiac masses...initially diagnosed in utero, mass just beneath the aortic valve Anguished
Huge cardiac ... masses...initially diagnosed ... mass just beneath the ... aortic valve Anguished ... face but clinically
Amyloidosis - Summary
Group of disorders associated with extracellular deposition of fibrils formed from low-molecular-weight proteins in
Clinical suspicion ... Amyloidosis Clinical ... in AA and AL Cardiac ... failure • GI bleeding ... Testing: • EKG • Echocardiogram
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
exam Determine Cardiac ... Change in clinical ... risk (>5%): - Aortic ... bleeding risk of ... stratification #diagnosis
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
LVEDd > 6.0 cm, LV thrombus ... Clinical • Under-recognized ... and timing with Cardio-OB ... Period • Breast-feeding ... follow-up with Cardio-OB
Bullet Embolization in the Right Ventricle on POCUS Echocardiogram
22M s/p GSW to left mid-abdomen. Positive FAST
Ventricle on POCUS Echocardiogram ... out this apical cardiac ... IVC, leading to ... UAB Emergency Ultrasound ... #clinical #cardiology