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The Role of Echocardiography in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
 • Establish diagnosis & determine pattern of hypertrophy
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• Establish diagnosis ... Evaluate degree & direction ... structure of mitral valve ... #HCM #HOCM #Echocardiogram ... #cardiology #diagnosis
Type B Aortic Dissection Flap on POCUS Echocardiogram - PLAX

Elderly male with hypertension and DM presents
Type B Aortic Dissection ... Flap on POCUS Echocardiogram ... Diagnosis? ... #POCUS #Echocardiogram ... #PLAX #Cardiology
Type A Dissection on POCUS (PLAX view)

39 yo M w CP drops his BP in ED.
on POCUS (PLAX ... Non-ischemic EKG ... What's the Diagnosis ... #Echocardiogram ... #PLAX #Clinical
Relevant Sonopathology of the Parasternal Long Axis (PLAX) - Point of Care Ultrasound
 - Right Ventricular
Parasternal Long Axis (PLAX ... Dissection - Aortic ... Effusion - Dilated Cardiomyopathy ... @emspocus #Diagnosis ... #POCUS #Echocardiogram
Double Valve Sign - Type A Aortic Dissection on POCUS Echocardiogram

STEMI on EKG: check the echo!
Double Valve Sign ... Dissection on POCUS ... STEMI on EKG: ... #Dissection #POCUS ... #plax #clinical
Septal Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HOCM)

52yo worsening exertional sx and murmur. EKG nonspecific, Serial trops (-) 
EM resident
(HOCM) 52yo ... EKG nonspecific, ... #echocardiogram ... #plax #cardiology ... #pocus
Echocardiogram Windows - Nomenclature
Each view is described using three (3) components
1) Transducer Position or "Window"
Echocardiogram Windows ... ., LAX, SAX, or4C ... (MV), Aortic valve ... #Nomenclature #POCUS ... #cardiology #views
Aortic Valve in M-Mode Simplified
 - Normal
 - Bicuspid
 - Calcific Aortic Stenosis
 - Aortic Valve
Aortic Valve in ... Fibromuscular Ring - HCM ... cardiology #diagnosis ... #echocardiogram ... #pocus
Coronary Ostium Obstruction by Aortic Intimal Flap on Echocardiogram
Aortic intimal flap may alternately obstruct right and
elevations in different ECG ... Intimal #Flap #dissection ... #a4c #plax #Echocardiogram ... #clinical #cardiology ... #pocus
Intracardiac Rhabdomyomas on Echocardiogram

Huge cardiac masses...initially diagnosed in utero, mass just beneath the aortic valve Anguished
masses...initially diagnosed ... just beneath the aortic ... valve Anguished ... #clinical #cardiology ... #pocus #plax