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Carcinoid Heart Disease on Echocardiogram (A4C)

"Frozen" tricuspid valve with severe regurgitation. Carcinoid heart disease: Thickening, retraction
Disease on Echocardiogram ... " tricuspid valve ... #tricuspid #valve ... #Echocardiogram ... clinical #cardiology #pocus
Graphic representation of transthoracic echocardiographic parameters in the assessment of right ventricular pressure overload. A′ = peak late
valve peak systolic ... and McConnell sign ... acceleration time of pulmonary ... valve F. ... cmls) #TTE #Echocardiogram
Right Sided Failure secondary to Carcinoid Heart Disease on Echocardiogram
Carcinoid heart disease results in characteristic right
Disease on Echocardiogram ... anterior and septal tricuspid ... valve leaflets ... in torrential tricuspid ... #pocus #a4c
POCUS Echocardiography - Table of Cardiac Views and Windows
 • Parastemal Long-Axis View (PLAX)
 • Parasternal
POCUS Echocardiography ... • Parasternal Short-Axis ... • PSAX: Aortic Valve ... #Cardiac #TTE #Echocardiogram ... #Heart #Windows
Portopulmonary Hypertension
Presence of pulmonary arterial hypertension in a patient with portal hypertension
No other obvious causes (chronic
(chronic lung disease ... , left heart disease ... Transthoracic echocardiogram ... m/s • Other signs ... DIAGNOSE - Right heart
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 ... Pulmonary artery ... #POCUS #Echocardiogram ... #A4c #Cardiology
McConnell's Sign on POCUS Echocardiogram (A4C)

A4c view; RV enlargement & hypokinesis with apical sparing ("McConnell Sign"
McConnell's Sign ... on POCUS Echocardiogram ... /w acute right heart ... concerning for Pulmonary ... #POCUS #Echocardiogram
RV Failure secondary to Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension on Echocardiogram
Pulmonary arterial hypertension resulting in severe RV dilation
100% reliable sign ... apically displaced valve ... (the tricuspid) ... clinical #cardiology #s4c ... #pocus
Parasternal Short Axis (PSAX) at the level of the Aortic Valve

Phased array transducer; parasternal short axis/indicator
of the Aortic Valve ... acuity of right heart ... strain (pulmonary ... #Axis #PSAX #echocardiogram ... clinical #cardiology #POCUS
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
• Prosthetic valve ... Influenza Prosthetic Valve ... Cerebral > Splenic, pulmonary ... nodes • Roth’s spots ... Substance use: R > L Tricuspid