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Atrioventricular Septal Defect
aka AV canal defect aka endocardial cushion defect
 • Epidemiology and Associations
 • Embryology
Atrioventricular Septal Defect ... aka AV canal defect ... aka endocardial ... cushion defect ... #endocardial #cushion
Cardiac Murmurs and Maneuvers

An algorithm demonstrating the effect of various maneuvers on systolic murmurs. 
TR, tricuspid
Cardiac Murmurs ... demonstrating the effect ... ventricular septal defect ... The effect of squatting ... DrJayMohan #Cardiac
Gadolinium Enhancement Patterns in Ischemic and Non-Ischemic Cardiomyopathies
Ischemic:
 • Subendocardial Infarct
 • Transmural Infarct
Non-Ischemic:
 • Mid-wall
disease • Global Endocardial ... sclerosis, post-cardiac
Tetralogy of Falot on Chest X-Ray
Tetralogy of Falot comprises four defects -
1. Ventricular septal defect (VSD)
2.
comprises four defects ... Ventricular septal defect ... caused the upturned cardiac ... the most common cardiac
Restrictive Cardiomyopathy - Diagnosis and Causes
Clinical: Dyspnea, Exercise Intolerance, ↑ "Right Sided-Symptoms" (ascites, hepatomegaly, ↑↑peripheral edema)
Physical
Echocardiography, Cardiac ... MRI, Cardiac Catheterization ... Hyper-eosinophilc Syndrome, Endocardial
Undifferentiated critical congenital heart disease: Patterns of Presentation 
Pink baby:
 • Presents at 1-6 mo
VSD, AV canal defect ... determines if cardiac ... catch blue baby defects
Differential Diagnosis of Pleuritic Chest Pain:

Categorized by causes: Cardiac, Pulmonary, MSK, Drug/Toxins, Heme/Onc, Renal, Autoimmune

#Diagnosis #Pleuritic
Categorized by causes: Cardiac ... , Pulmonary, MSK
POCUS Reference Measurements
 • Gallbladder
 • Urinary Bladder
 • GI Tract
 • Pregnancy
 • Optic Nerve
Optic Nerve • MSK ... • Aorta • Cardiac
Right Ventricular Structure and Function

- Almost 75 % of the RV systolic function is dependent in
- TAPSE is reflect ... is required to eject ... muscle and the endocardial
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
Management Summary A defect ... diffusion-perfusion defect ... left heart 3-6 cardiac ... angiography (in select ... • Oxygenation defect