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Causes of Severe Aortic Regurgitation - Differential Diagnosis
Acute:
 • Leaflet: Traumatic Rupture, Acute Infective Endocarditis, Acute
Regurgitation - Differential ... Acute Infective Endocarditis ... Aneurysms and Dissection ... Karan Desai MD, MPH ... Diagnosis #Causes #cardiology
POCUS Echocardiography - Table of Cardiac Views and Windows
 • Parastemal Long-Axis View (PLAX)
 • Parasternal
POCUS Echocardiography ... - Table of Cardiac ... : Aortic Valve ( ... Echocardiogram # ... Echocardiography #Cardiology
Aortic and Mitral Valve Regurgitaton on Parasternal long axis (PLAX)

Parasternal long axis (PLAX) is part of
Aortic and Mitral ... of your basic cardiac ... POCUS eval. ... PLAX #clinical #cardiology ... #echocardiogram
Hemoptysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Massive Hemoptysis: >150-300 mL in 24h
Airway disease: 
 • Bronchitis, Bronchiectasis, Malignancy
Hemoptysis - Differential ... Goodpasture's, SLE Cardiac ... regurgitation, Tricuspid endocarditis ... AVM, Thoracic aortic ... aneurysm Misc
Aortic Graft on POCUS Echocardiogram

Phased array placed over L parasternal 4th intercostal space, indicator towards pt’s
POCUS Echocardiogram ... —> parasternal long ... c/w prior aneurysm ... clinical #POCUS ... #cardiology #PLAX
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
verrucous) • Lung ... CA • Involves aortic ... lesions • Mycotic aneurysm ... Marantic (NTBE) Differential ... diagnosis #management #cardiology
Endocarditis - Overview and Differential Diagnosis Framework

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV
and Differential ... , verrucous) - Lung ... lesions • Mycotic aneurysm ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #cardiology
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
stairs, brisk 4 mph ... exam Determine Cardiac ... risk (>5%): - Aortic ... one post op Cardiology ... unless prior heart/lung
This infographic provides a mnemonic tool called “WOBBLER” for assessing an ECG (electrocardiogram) in cases of
risk of sudden cardiac ... heart disease like aortic ... This includes long ... #cardiology #differential ... #echocardiogram