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POCUS Echocardiography - Table of Cardiac Views and Windows
 • Parastemal Long-Axis View (PLAX)
 • Parasternal
POCUS Echocardiography ... -Chamber View (A4C ... ) • SC Abdominal ... • PSAX: Aortic Valve ... Echocardiogram #Heart
Systolic Anterior Motion (SAM) of the Mitral Valve (MV)

Systolic anterior motion (SAM) describes the dynamic movement
of the Mitral Valve ... (LVOT) causing obstruction ... Differential diagnosis ... MitralValve #MV #Cardiology ... #Clinical #POCUS
Carcinoid Heart Disease on Echocardiogram (A4C)

"Frozen" tricuspid valve with severe regurgitation. Carcinoid heart disease: Thickening, retraction
Carcinoid Heart ... Echocardiogram (A4C ... regurgitation #a4c ... Echocardiogram #clinical #cardiology ... #pocus
Univentricular heart, Left Ventricular type l-loop

Ventriculoarterial connections are discordant 
Common atrioventricular valve 
Pulmonary artery banding
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Univentricular heart ... atrioventricular valve ... Echocardiogram #POCUS ... Echocardiogram #A4c ... #Cardiology
Right-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac Causes - Rule out Left-Sided Heart Failure (Most Common):
Right-Sided Heart ... Failure - Differential ... out Left-Sided Heart ... Cardiomyopathy - Valves ... • Chronic Obstructive
Widened Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis and Pathophysiology

Pulse pressure is the difference between the systolic blood
Pulse Pressure - Differential ... valve conditions ... Syndrome • Blunt Abdominal ... Pulse #Pressure #Differential ... Pathophysiology #causes #cardiology
Abdominal Distention - Differential Diagnostic Algorithm
Ascites
Bowel Dilatation
Other Causes
Mechanical Obstruction
 • Adhesions 60%
 • Volvulus 3%
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Abdominal Distention ... - Differential ... Causes Mechanical Obstruction ... Trauma/Surgery • Medical ... Infarction, Congestive Heart
Right Sided Failure secondary to Carcinoid Heart Disease on Echocardiogram
Carcinoid heart disease results in characteristic right
sided valvular heart ... septal tricuspid valve ... Carcinoid #clinical #cardiology ... echocardiogram #pocus ... #a4c
Shock Overview
A state of tissue hypoxia due to decreased or dysregulated oxygen delivery or extraction, resulting
Neuro: altered mental ... post-ATN, post-obstructive ... delivery • MI, Heart ... Failure, Severe Valve ... #criticalcare #differential
Constrictive Pericarditis on Echocardiogram
A 55-year-old female marathon runner presents to clinic w/ 6-months of worsening breathlessness
Kussmaul's sign, marked pedal ... to workup right-heart ... Echocardiogram #a4c ... #pocus #clinical ... #cardiology