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POCUS Echocardiography - Table of Cardiac Views and Windows
 • Parastemal Long-Axis View (PLAX)
 • Parasternal
POCUS Echocardiography ... • PSAX: Aortic Valve ... • PSAX: Mitral Valve ... Echocardiogram #Heart ... Echocardiography #Cardiology
Right-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac Causes - Rule out Left-Sided Heart Failure (Most Common):
Right-Sided Heart ... out Left-Sided Heart ... Cardiomyopathy - Valves ... • Tricuspid Regurgitation ... • Constrictive Pericarditis
Carcinoid Heart Disease on Echocardiogram (A4C)

"Frozen" tricuspid valve with severe regurgitation. Carcinoid heart disease: Thickening, retraction
Echocardiogram (A4C ... with severe regurgitation ... #regurgitation ... #clinical #cardiology ... #pocus
Constrictive Pericarditis on Echocardiogram
A 55-year-old female marathon runner presents to clinic w/ 6-months of worsening breathlessness
edema, and clear lungs ... to workup right-heart ... Echocardiogram #a4c ... #pocus #clinical ... #cardiology
Right Sided Failure secondary to Carcinoid Heart Disease on Echocardiogram
Carcinoid heart disease results in characteristic right
In this case, note ... septal tricuspid valve ... torrential tricuspid regurgitation ... echocardiogram #pocus ... #a4c
Causes of Primary and Functional Mitral Regurgitation (MR) 
Causes of primary mitral regurgitation
 - Rheumatic heart
Functional Mitral Regurgitation ... - Rheumatic heart ... parachute mitral valve ... : Dilated CMP, long-standing ... Differential #Diagnosis #Cardiology
RA/CVP Waveform Interpretation

Central venous pressure (CVP) or right atrial pressure (RAP) waveform tracings can often times
RV), tricuspid valve ... identify at slower heart ... “cannon waves” caused ... wave with mitral regurgitation ... Success of mitral valve
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
• Prosthetic valve ... verrucous) • Lung ... aortic and mitral regurgitation ... Marantic: Emboli > Regurgitation ... diagnosis #management #cardiology
Palpitations - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
• It is an unpleasant awareness or sensation that the heart is
failure • Mitral valve ... tachycardia • Pericarditis ... Severe mitral regurgitation ... Severe aortic regurgitation ... Mechanical prosthetic valve
Endocarditis - Overview and Differential Diagnosis Framework

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV
• Prosthetic valve ... , verrucous) - Lung ... aortic and mitral regurgitation ... • Prosthetic Valve ... Marantic: Emboli > Regurgitation