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Left Atrium
 - The upper posterior border of the heart is formed by the left atrium.
Atrium - The upper posterior ... bulging of the upper posterior ... Forms the lower posterior ... #Anatomy #Radiology ... Atrium #Ventricle #Cardiac
Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy on POCUS

78 year old woman - Acute delirium but complaining of chest pain 
ECG:
of chest pain ECG ... chest leads Cardiac ... Ultrasound #Clinical #Echocardiogram ... #Cardiology
POCUS Echocardiography - Table of Cardiac Views and Windows
 • Parastemal Long-Axis View (PLAX)
 • Parasternal
Echocardiography - Table of Cardiac ... Flow Doppler #Anatomy ... #POCUS #Cardiac ... #TTE #Echocardiogram ... Echocardiography #Cardiology
Myocarditis
Diagnosis 
• Endomyocardial biopsy (gold standard, rarely performed) 
• Clinical presentation 
• Cardiovascular MRI 
Clinical 
•
gallop • Abnormal ECG ... , echocardiogram ... shock, sudden cardiac ... Diagnosis #Management #Cardiology
Cardiac Findings in Sarcoidosis
Most Commonly Affected Sites:
 - LV free wall (esp. basal posterior wall)
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Cardiac Findings ... wall (esp. basal posterior ... - Effusion ECG ... Abnormal a-wave #Cardiac ... #Sarcoidosis #Cardiology
Cardiac Stress Testing
Exercise:
 • Everyone who can exercise should!
 • They must be able to raise
Cardiac Stress Testing ... who can exercise should ... arrythmias Diagnostics: EKG ... COREIMpodcast #Cardiac ... Stress #Testing #cardiology
Parasternal Short Axis (PSAX) at the level of the Aortic Valve

Phased array transducer; parasternal short axis/indicator
towards patient's L shoulder ... tilted towards R shoulder ... Short #Axis #PSAX #echocardiogram ... #clinical #cardiology ... POCUS #labeled #anatomy
DETROIT CARDIOGENIC SHOCK INITIATIVE ALGORITHM

INCLUSION CRITERIA
Acute Myocardial Infarction
 Ischemic Symptoms
 EKG and/or biomarker evidence of AMI
Ischemic Symptoms  EKG ... Fick calculated cardiac ... IF LVEDP >15 or Cardiac ... Index < 2.2 AND anatomy ... Initiative #Management #Cardiology
Constrictive Pericarditis on Echocardiogram
A 55-year-old female marathon runner presents to clinic w/ 6-months of worsening breathlessness
Pericarditis on Echocardiogram ... had gained 15 kg ... transthoracic echocardiogram ... diastolic septal shudder ... pocus #clinical #cardiology
On a chest film only the outer contours of the heart are seen.
In many cases we
Atrium - Most posterior ... bulging of the upper posterior ... to the left and posteriorly ... #Anatomy #Radiology ... Atrium #Ventricle #Cardiac