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Amyloidosis on POCUS Echocardiogram - Parasternal long axis (PLAX)
Pt with systemic AL amyloidosis presents with 1
Amyloidosis on POCUS ... thickening and biatrial ... appearance of heart ... Has new large pericardial ... #Cardiac #POCUS
Amyloidosis on POCUS Echocardiogram - Parasternal short axis (PSAX)
Pt with systemic AL amyloidosis presents with 1
Amyloidosis on POCUS ... thickening and biatrial ... appearance of heart ... Has new large pericardial ... #Cardiac #POCUS
Amyloidosis on POCUS Echocardiogram - Apical 4 Chamber (A4C)
Pt with systemic AL amyloidosis presents with 1
Amyloidosis on POCUS ... thickening and biatrial ... appearance of heart ... Has new large pericardial ... #Cardiac #POCUS
Amyloidosis on POCUS Echocardiogram - Subcostal 4 Chamber (S4C)
Pt with systemic AL amyloidosis presents with 1
Amyloidosis on POCUS ... thickening and biatrial ... appearance of heart ... Has new large pericardial ... #Cardiac #POCUS
Radiation Dose to Adults from Common Imaging Examinations
ABDOMINAL REGION
 - Computed Tomography (CT) — Abdomen and
without contrast material ... 1 day HEART ... 4 years - Cardiac ... #PatientInfo #Radiology ... #Nuclear #Comparison
Atrial Fibrillation (A-Fib) Summary

Symptoms:
• Palpitations, light-headedness, dizziness, dyspnea, exercise intolerance, chest pain, near-syncope, syncope.

Why?
Cardiac:
	• Valvular heart
Cardiac: • Valvular ... heart disease ... ventricular hypertrophy, pericardial ... serum creatinine, test ... diagnosis #management #cardiology
Right Heart Catheterization - Pulmonary Artery Pressures and Calculations
PULMONARY VASCULAR RESISTANCE = (meanPAP-PCWP) / CO
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CARDIAC POWER OUTPUT ... correlate in the SHOCK trial ... Increases in RAP or pericardial ... much as 40% in cardiac ... Ahmed Ghoneem, MD MSc
Left Ventricular Thrombus Arterial Embolization on Echocardiogram- Caught in Action! 

The TTE was ordered for cardioembolic
after this event, CT ... Mina Iskander MD, MSc ... #Embolization #Cardiac ... #POCUS #echocardiogram ... #Cardiology #A4c
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
specific questions to ask ... exam Determine Cardiac ... determine if stress test ... postoperative cardiac ... CARP, DECREASE V trials
Cardiac LV Thrombus on Echocardiogram (A4C)
48 year old woman in ICU for acute ischemic limb. PMHx
What are the next POCUS ... then the next tests ... are not POCUS: ... serial blood cultures ... , cardiac MRI, CT