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POCUS Echocardiography - Table of Cardiac Views and Windows
 • Parastemal Long-Axis View (PLAX)
 • Parasternal
Long-Axis View (PLAX ... Flow Doppler #Anatomy ... #POCUS #Cardiac ... Echocardiogram #Heart ... Orientations #Atlas #Map
Parasternal Short Axis (PSAX) at the level of the Aortic Valve

Phased array transducer; parasternal short axis/indicator
of the Aortic Valve ... acuity of right heart ... echocardiogram #clinical #cardiology ... #POCUS #labeled ... #anatomy
Cardiac Tamponade - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Caused by an accumulation of blood, pus, effusion fluid
Cardiac Tamponade ... features are shown ... tamponade recurs. ❿ Plan ... specialist referral. ⓫ Plan ... toward the largest pericardial
Right Heart Catheterization - Pulmonary Artery Pressures and Calculations
PULMONARY VASCULAR RESISTANCE = (meanPAP-PCWP) / CO
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CARDIAC POWER OUTPUT ... or pericardial ... much as 40% in cardiac ... artery #catheter #diagnosis ... #cardiology #swanganz
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
• Prosthetic valve ... : • New cardiac ... occlusion that may ... ↑ ESR, CRP • EKG ... #management #cardiology
Palpitations - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
• It is an unpleasant awareness or sensation that the heart is
- Differential Diagnosis ... exam • 12-lead ECG ... failure • Mitral valve ... Mechanical prosthetic valve ... #Palpitations #Cardiology
Premature Ventricular Complexes (PVC's) - Summary Framework

Why PVCs?  Can be the first manifestation of cardiac
manifestation of cardiac ... of structural heart ... Differential Diagnosis ... Complexes #PVCs #PVC #diagnosis ... #differential #cardiology
Endocarditis - Overview and Differential Diagnosis Framework

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV
and Differential Diagnosis ... • Prosthetic valve ... : • New cardiac ... occlusion that may ... ↑ ESR, CRP • EKG
Tropical Endomyocardial Fibrosis (EMF)
snrunken ventnoes
Hallmark chronic EMF features include:
 • Apical obliteration of the left and/or
play a role • ... • Restrictive heart ... seen on cardiac ... Fibrosis #EMF #cardiology ... #diagnosis
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
exam Determine Cardiac ... - Cataract Plan ... postoperative cardiac ... stress testing may ... stratification #diagnosis