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POCUS - Measuring Cardiac Output
1) Calculate LVOT Area
2) Calculate LVOT VTI
3) Calculate Cardiac Output

SV = (LVOT
POCUS - Measuring ... mL/cycle) x HR (bpm ... #Echocardiogram ... #Measurement #cardiology ... #diagnosis
Hyperacute Hypoxemia - Workup and Management
Differential Diagnosis: Aspiration, Flash Pulmonary Edema, Mucous Plugging, Bronchospasm, Pulmonary Embolism,
Hyperacute Hypoxemia - Workup ... Exam, POCUS (B-lines ... , lung sliding) ... CXR, CTA Chest, Echocardiogram ... Edema: Lasix + BP
HEART Score – A Tool For the ED The HEART score is an excellent tool that
admission for further workup ... the ED to help focus ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Cardiology #HEART ... #Score #MACE #Stratification
Constrictive Pericarditis on Echocardiogram
A 55-year-old female marathon runner presents to clinic w/ 6-months of worsening breathlessness
edema, and clear lungs ... to workup right-heart ... expiration not meeting diagnostic ... #a4c #pocus #clinical ... #cardiology
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Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
4 mph walk 3. ... one post op Cardiology ... unless prior heart/lung ... #Evaluation #stratification ... #diagnosis
Echocardiographic criteria of LV Non-compaction
Chin Criteria (1990):
 • Absence of any other coexisting cardiac structural abnormality
other coexisting cardiac ... Views: parasternal long ... Echocardiography #Echocardiogram ... #Jenni #Chin #cardiology ... #diagnosis
Syncope Cost-Effectiveness Workup
Cost-effective tests for most patients: 
 • Orthostatic BP
 • ECG
 • Telemetry (if
Cost-Effectiveness Workup ... • Orthostatic BP ... specific high risk ... indications: • Echocardiogram ... EricsMedicalLectures/ #Syncope #diagnosis
Left Ventricular Thrombus Arterial Embolization on Echocardiogram- Caught in Action! 

The TTE was ordered for cardioembolic
cardioembolic work ... Mina Iskander MD, MSc ... #Embolization #Cardiac ... Arterial #Clinical #POCUS ... #Cardiology #A4c
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Canadian Syncope Risk Score
The risk tool consists of nine predictors, with the score for each predictor
Canadian Syncope Risk ... Score The risk ... Any ED systolic BP ... of cardiac or vasovagal ... Syncope #RiskScore #Stratification
Canadian Syncope Risk Score
The risk tool consists of nine predictors, with the score for each predictor
Canadian Syncope Risk ... Score The risk ... Any ED systolic BP ... of cardiac or vasovagal ... Syncope #RiskScore #Stratification