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Diastolic Function Grading - Schematic diastolic filling patterns

I: impaired relaxation, II: moderate diastolic dysfunction (pseudonormal), III:
Diastolic Function ... pulmonary venous flow, Vp ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology ... Classification #Grades #Criteria
ASE Echocardiographic Assessment of Valve Stenosis
 • Aortic Valve Stenosis
 • Mitral Valve Stenosis
 • Tricuspid
Valvular #Stenosis #Echocardiogram ... #POCUS #diagnosis ... #cardiology #criteria
Echocardiography
Right ventricular function can be assessed using several methods and echocardiography is generally the first‐line tool
Right ventricular function ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology ... #POCUS #Echocardiogram ... #Measurements #Criteria
Aortic Measurements on Echocardiography
Aortic annulus 1.4-2.6 cm
Sinus of Valsalva 2.1-3.5 cm
Sinotubular junction 1.7-3.4 cm
Ascending Aorta 2.1-3.4
cm Sinotubular junction ... Echocardiography #echocardiogram ... #diagnosis #Cardiology
Abdominojugular (Hepatojugular) Reflux

Described by Pasteur in 1885 as a physical sign of TR. Still useful for
Still useful for diagnosis ... PhysicalExam #Clinical #Video ... #JVP #VolumeStatus ... #Cardiology #HJR
Kussmaul's sign in Constrictive Pericarditis 

A 50-year-old woman with a remote history of mediastinal lymphoma (age
you evaluate her JVP ... (video). ... the underlying diagnosis ... #PhysicalExam #Video ... Pericarditis #Cardiology
The Role of Echocardiography in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
 • Establish diagnosis & determine pattern of hypertrophy
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Cardiomyopathy • Establish diagnosis ... global myocardial function ... Cardiomyopathy #HCM #HOCM #Echocardiogram ... #cardiology #diagnosis
Kussmaul's Sign and Friedreich's Sign on Neck Examination

A middle-aged M with unknown PMH presents with dyspnea.
What 2 eponymous JVP ... demonstrated in the video ... Most likely diagnosis ... PhysicalExam #Clinical #Video ... #Cardiology
ASE Echocardiography Guidelines for Evaluation of Valvular Regurgitation
 • Aortic Valve
 • Mitral Valve
 • Tricuspid
Regurgitation #Echocardiogram ... #POCUS #diagnosis ... #cardiology #criteria
Constrictive Pericarditis on Echocardiogram
A 55-year-old female marathon runner presents to clinic w/ 6-months of worsening breathlessness
Pericarditis on Echocardiogram ... 100/82, HR 74, JVP ... expiration not meeting diagnostic ... criteria (D) a ... pocus #clinical #cardiology