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The Role of Echocardiography in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
 • Establish diagnosis & determine pattern of hypertrophy
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in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy ... • Establish diagnosis ... global myocardial function ... #HCM #HOCM #Echocardiogram ... #cardiology #diagnosis
Restrictive Cardiomyopathy - Diagnosis and Causes
Clinical: Dyspnea, Exercise Intolerance, ↑ "Right Sided-Symptoms" (ascites, hepatomegaly, ↑↑peripheral edema)
Physical
- Diagnosis and ... Physical Exam: ↑JVP ... Catheterization Etiology ... #Diagnosis #Causes ... #differential #cardiology
Primary and Secondary Causes of Mitral Regurgitation
Primary (organic) chronic mitral regurgitation:
 • Leaflet: Rheumatic fever, Infective
dysfunction Secondary (functional ... : Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy ... valve: Dilated cardiomyopathy ... #differential #diagnosis ... #cardiology #causes
Kussmaul's Sign on Physical Exam

What’s the diagnosis?
Severe biventeicular failure with + Kussmaul sign! NICM. No constriction!

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What’s the diagnosis ... constriction, restrictive cardiomyopathy ... physicalexam #clinical #video ... #jvp #cardiology
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
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
Coronary Artery Embolism - Etiology and Scoring
Etiology:
 • Direct: Clot (LV thrombus, LAA Thrombus), Valve (Vegetation,
Artery Embolism - Etiology ... and Scoring Etiology ... risk factors: cardiomyopathy ... Artery #Embolism #diagnosis ... #cardiology
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
Right heart dysfunction and failure in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: mechanisms and management 
Source:
preserved ejection fraction ... ; EF, ejection fraction ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology ... #Echocardiogram ... CongestiveHeartFailure #RVFailure #Criteria
Quincke's Pulse in a patient with a normal echocardiogram (non-valvular)

A 70 y/o man presents with new
with a normal echocardiogram ... , and elevated JVP ... is identified (video ... preserved systolic function ... AorticRegurgitation #Diagnosis