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Approach to the Hypercoagulable State
Arterial thromboembolism
→ Cardiac rhythm monitoring, Echocardiogram, Vascular imaging
→ Test for APS, particularly
rhythm monitoring, Echocardiogram ... Vascular imaging → Test ... thromboembolism (VTE ... - No other workup ... Hypercoagulable #Workup
Imaging options for exclusion of PE in pregnant women
The radiation dose required for either V/Q scanning
radiation, and should ... Obstetrics #OBGyn #Radiology ... #VTE #PulmonaryEmbolism ... PE #Pregnancy #Workup
Fever of Unknown Origin (FUO) - Further Workup

 • CNS symptoms? Get an LP and imaging
FUO) - Further Workup ... Test for the respective ... smear • Signs of VTE ... UnknownOrigin #workup
POCUS - Measuring Cardiac Output
1) Calculate LVOT Area
2) Calculate LVOT VTI
3) Calculate Cardiac Output

SV = (LVOT
Calculate LVOT VTI ... Area) x (LVOT VTI ... Area) x (LVOT VTI ... Output #CO #POCUS #Echocardiogram ... #Measurement #cardiology
Echocardiogram Windows - Nomenclature
Each view is described using three (3) components
1) Transducer Position or "Window"
Echocardiogram Windows ... Two-chamber #Echocardiogram ... Nomenclature #POCUS #cardiology ... #views #TTE #orientations
Amyloidosis - Workup and Diagnostic Algorithm
 • Serum Immunofixation and Serum Free Light Chains
 • Biopsy
Amyloidosis - Workup ... Red Diagnostic tests ... marrow biopsy • Echocardiogram ... #Amyloidosis #Workup
Parasternal Short Axis Windows:

Aortic Valve, Mitral Valve, and Papillary Muscle Views

Understanding long and short axes in
short axes in TTE ... PSAX #Windows #Echocardiogram ... Views #Clinical #Cardiology
Mitral Valve Vegetations on Echocardiogram

Surgery may be considered in pts with large (>15 mm) isolated aortic
Vegetations on Echocardiogram ... prevent embolism (should ... #Valve #psax #Echocardiogram ... #clinical #cardiology
Mitral Valve Vegetations on Echocardiogram (PLAX)

Surgery may be considered in pts with large (>15 mm) isolated
Vegetations on Echocardiogram ... prevent embolism (should ... #Valve #plax #Echocardiogram ... #clinical #cardiology
Constrictive Pericarditis on Echocardiogram
A 55-year-old female marathon runner presents to clinic w/ 6-months of worsening breathlessness
Pericarditis on Echocardiogram ... transthoracic echocardiogram ... to workup right-heart ... diastolic septal shudder ... pocus #clinical #cardiology