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RV Dilatation in Pulmonary Embolism on POCUS - Parasternal Long Axis

Acute shortness of breath with this
on POCUS - Parasternal ... suspicious for PE ... dilation but also LV ... eabramsMD #RV #Strain ... #POCUS #PLAX #Echocardiogram
D-Sign of Acute Pulmonary Embolism on POCUS - Parasternal Short Axis

Acute shortness of breath with this
on POCUS - Parasternal ... suspicious for PE ... dilation but also LV ... bulging septum on PLAX ... #POCUS #PSAX #Echocardiogram
McConnell's sign on POCUS Echocardiogram

An otherwise healthy male presents with pleuritic chest pain.  
Hypokinetic RV
on POCUS Echocardiogram ... suggests acute RV strain ... from a pulmonary embolism ... (PE). ... #clinical #cardiology
McConnell's Sign on POCUS Echocardiogram - PSAX
Positive McConnell's Sign (hypokinetic RV with apical sparing) indicates acute
on POCUS Echocardiogram ... acute right heart strain ... for pulmonary embolism ... #Sign #POCUS #Echocardiogram ... #cardiology #labeled
Parasternal Short Axis (PSAX) at the level of the Aortic Valve

Phased array transducer; parasternal short axis/indicator
of right heart strain ... even see a saddle embolism ... #echocardiogram ... #clinical #cardiology ... POCUS #labeled #anatomy
Acute Pulmonary Embolism:

"D" sign:
In a physiologically normal heart, LV pressure > RV pressure. When viewing heart
normal heart, LV ... viewing heart in a parasternal ... / right heart strain ... McConnell's sign ... Pulmonaryembolism #PE
Pulmonary Artery Clot seen on PSAX in Acute Saddle Pulmonary Embolism - Labeled Thrombus in Purple

Suspicious
Saddle Pulmonary Embolism ... Suspicious for PE ... for RV dilation, McConnell's ... seen on the parasternal ... PulmonaryEmbolism #clinical #Echocardiogram
Graphic representation of transthoracic echocardiographic parameters in the assessment of right ventricular pressure overload. A′ = peak late
ratio > I .0, and McConnell ... septum (arrows) parasternal ... cmls) #TTE #Echocardiogram ... #RVStrain #RVOverload ... RightVentricular #Cardiology