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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
Aortic Measurements ... Echocardiography Aortic ... #Aorta #Measurements ... Echocardiography #echocardiogram ... #diagnosis #Cardiology
POCUS Reference Measurements
 • Gallbladder
 • Urinary Bladder
 • GI Tract
 • Pregnancy
 • Optic Nerve
POCUS Reference Measurements ... DVT • IVC • Aorta ... • Cardiac ... #Ultrasound #Echocardiogram ... #Diagnosis
Life Threatening Causes of Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Table

 • ACS
 • Aortic Dissection
 •
Pain - Differential ... Diagnosis Table ... • ACS • Aortic ... Pneumothorax • Cardiac ... #diagnosis #table
POCUS - Measuring Cardiac Output
1) Calculate LVOT Area
2) Calculate LVOT VTI
3) Calculate Cardiac Output

SV = (LVOT
POCUS - Measuring Cardiac ... VTI 3) Calculate Cardiac ... Output #CO #POCUS #Echocardiogram ... #Measurement #cardiology ... #diagnosis
POCUS Echocardiography - Table of Cardiac Views and Windows
 • Parastemal Long-Axis View (PLAX)
 • Parasternal
Echocardiography - Table ... of Cardiac Views ... • SC Abdominal Aorta ... #TTE #Echocardiogram ... Echocardiography #Cardiology
Type B Aortic Dissection Flap on POCUS Echocardiogram - PLAX

Elderly male with hypertension and DM presents
Flap on POCUS Echocardiogram ... presents with chest ... Diagnosis? ... #Flap #POCUS #Echocardiogram ... #PLAX #Cardiology
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HEART Score allows us to risk stratify low risk chest pain patients and get them out
stratify low risk chest ... single troponin measurement ... heart-score-major-cardiac-events ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiovascular Causes:
 - Outflow Obstruction
     • Aortic
Chest Pain - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Obstruction • Aortic ... Infarction • Stable ... ChestPain #Noncardiac #Cardiology
Pulse Abnormalities - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unequal/DeIayed:
 • Obstructive arterial disease (ie. Atherosclerosis)
 • Aortic dissection
 •
Abnormalities - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... pressure >10mmHg: • Cardiac ... Abnormalities #Disorders #Cardiology ... #Differential #
Severity of Aortic Stenosis in Adults 
Current ACC/AHA guidelines recommend cut-off values for Doppler-echocardiographic measurements of
Severity of Aortic ... Doppler-echocardiographic measurements ... of severe aortic ... >50 mmHg (2) (Table ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology