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POCUS Echocardiography - Table of Cardiac Views and Windows
 • Parastemal Long-Axis View (PLAX)
 • Parasternal
Echocardiography - Table ... -Chamber View (A4C ... • SC Abdominal Aorta ... Valve (AV) Level ... View • PSAX: Mitral
Aortic Stenosis & Bicuspid Aortic Valve (AS)
 • Introduction & Pathophysiology
 • Classifications
 • Epidemiology
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& Bicuspid Aortic ... Valve (AS) • ... Epidemiology • Clinical ... /Diagnostic findings ... #Stenosis #Bicuspid
Severity of Aortic Stenosis in Adults 
Current ACC/AHA guidelines recommend cut-off values for Doppler-echocardiographic measurements of
Adults Current ACC ... valve area (AVA ... >50 mmHg (2) (Table ... common problem in clinical ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology
The location of the cardiac valves is best determined on the lateral radiograph.
A line is drawn
The pulmonic and aortic ... this line and the tricuspid ... and mitral valves ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #CXR
Shock Classification
Shock Definition: State of cellular and tissue hypoxia due to: reduced oxygen delivery, increased oxygen
or mitral insufficiency ... dissection of ascending aorta ... into valve ring ... #management #cold ... warm #wet #dry #table
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
• Prosthetic valve ... CA • Involves aortic ... and mitral regurgitation ... block, annular or aortic ... #management #cardiology
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
Change in clinical ... risk (>5%): - Aortic ... Severe Aortic stenosis ... medical and surgical management ... stratification #diagnosis
Marantic Endocarditis 

Epidemiology:
 - Incidence of non-bacterial thrombotic endocarditis (marantic endocarditis if associated with cancer) is
Clinical Findings ... vegetations on mitral ... and aortic valve ... #Endocarditis #Diagnosis ... #Management #Cardiology