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Myocardial Edema in Acute Transplant Rejection

25 year old, 10 days post heart transplant. 

Dr. James Nadel
Myocardial Edema ... Rejection 25 year ... Transplant #Rejection #pocus ... echocardiogram #clinical #cardiology ... #plax #psax
Aortic and Mitral Valve Vegetations in Endocarditis on POCUS - PLAX

Why would this 30 y/o male
- PLAX Why would ... stethoscope would hear ... and pulmonary edema ... #PLAX #clinical ... #cardiology
Stage II - Interstitial edema
Stage II of CHF is characterized by fluid leakage into the interlobular
- Interstitial edema ... Stage II of CHF ... horizontal lines near ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #RadiologyAssistant
Diffuse consolidation
The most common cause of diffuse consolidation is pulmonary edema due to heart failure.
This is
non-cardiogenic edema ... Look for other signs ... infection, ARDS, near-drowning ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Differential #RadiologyAssistant
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
: weight gain, lung ... rales, peripheral edema ... HFrEF may lack lung ... lines, alveolar edema ... diagnosis #management #cardiology
Pleural effusion is not always visible as a meniscus in the costophrenic angle. 
A subpulmonic effusion
a patient with signs ... of CHF. ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Pleural ... SubpulmonicEffusion #RadiologyAssistant
CT will also demonstrate signs of congestive heart failure.
On the image on the left notice the
also demonstrate signs ... dependent part of the lungs ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #CHF # ... IntersitialEdema #Septal #RadiologyAssistant
Constrictive Pericarditis on Echocardiogram
A 55-year-old female marathon runner presents to clinic w/ 6-months of worsening breathlessness
Echocardiogram A 55-year-old ... ASA, Kussmaul's sign ... , marked pedal edema ... , and clear lungs ... Echocardiogram #a4c #pocus
Parasternal Long axis - poor EF - J. Christian Fox @jchristianfox
#Clinical #Cardiology #POCUS #Echocardiogram #PLAX #LowEF
Parasternal Long ... jchristianfox #Clinical #Cardiology ... #POCUS #Echocardiogram ... #PLAX #LowEF #Hypokinesis ... #sCHF
On the left a patient with CHF. 
There is an increase in heart size compared to
a patient with CHF ... Other signs of CHF ... , interstitial edema ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #Comparison #RadiologyAssistant