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Aortic and Mitral Valve Regurgitaton on Parasternal long axis (PLAX)

Parasternal long axis (PLAX) is part of
Valve Regurgitaton ... of your basic cardiac ... #Valve #Regurgitaton ... #PLAX #clinical ... #cardiology #echocardiogram
Systolic Anterior Motion (SAM) of the Mitral Valve (MV)

Systolic anterior motion (SAM) describes the dynamic movement
Valve (MV) Systolic ... valve (MV) during ... Differential diagnosis ... MitralValve #MV #Cardiology ... #Clinical #POCUS
Myocarditis
Diagnosis 
• Endomyocardial biopsy (gold standard, rarely performed) 
• Clinical presentation 
• Cardiovascular MRI 
Clinical 
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Myocarditis Diagnosis ... performed) • Clinical ... Abnormal ECG, echocardiogram ... shock, sudden cardiac ... #Management #Cardiology
The location of the cardiac valves is best determined on the lateral radiograph.
A line is drawn
location of the cardiac ... carina to the cardiac ... tricuspid and mitral ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #CXR
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
• Prosthetic valve ... Involves aortic and mitral ... : • New cardiac ... Marantic (NTBE) Differential ... #management #cardiology
Shock Types - Classification
State of cellular and tissue hypoxia due to: reduced oxygen delivery, increased oxygen
severe aortic or mitral ... ascending aorta into valve ... Classification #types #diagnosis ... #management #criticalcare ... #differential
Palpitations - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
• It is an unpleasant awareness or sensation that the heart is
Palpitations - Differential ... heart failure • Mitral ... valve prolapse ... stenosis) • Severe mitral ... #Differential #
Intracardiac Rhabdomyomas on Echocardiogram

Huge cardiac masses...initially diagnosed in utero, mass just beneath the aortic valve Anguished
Rhabdomyomas on Echocardiogram ... Huge cardiac ... masses...initially diagnosed ... beneath the aortic valve ... #clinical #cardiology
Syncope is a sudden, transient loss of consciousness, which is thought to be secondary to cerebral
be divided into cardiac ... syncope (ruling out differential ... further guide management ... including orthostatic vital ... should be guided by clinical
Pickelhaube Sign on Echocardiogram
Pickelhaube sign may be seen in mitral valve prolapse (MVP): High velocity (≥
may be seen in mitral ... valve prolapse ... valve disease ( ... #POCUS #cardiology ... #clinical #diagnosis