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POCUS Pearls for Tamponade
- Pericardial Effusion
- Diastolic Right Ventricular Collapse
- Systolic Right Atrial Collapse
- Plethoric Inferior
Systolic Right Atrial ... @SAlerhand #Cardiac ... #Diagnosis #Evaluation ... #Cardiology #Effusion ... #Echocardiogram
Coronary Artery Embolism - Etiology and Scoring
Etiology:
 • Direct: Clot (LV thrombus, LAA Thrombus), Valve (Vegetation,
non-culprit vessels • Atrial ... surgery, endocarditis ... Artery #Embolism #diagnosis ... #differential # ... scoring #criteria #cardiology
Eustachian Valve on POCUS Echocardiogram = A4c

What the Heck is in the Right Atrium?
Eustachian Valve! Rudimentary
on POCUS Echocardiogram ... A4c What the Heck ... is in the Right Atrium ... #POCUS #Echocardiogram ... A4c #clinical #cardiology
Causes of Severe Aortic Regurgitation - Differential Diagnosis
Acute:
 • Leaflet: Traumatic Rupture, Acute Infective Endocarditis, Acute
Regurgitation - Differential ... Diagnosis Acute ... Acute Infective Endocarditis ... Acute Prosthetic Valve ... #cardiology
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
• Prosthetic valve ... Libman Sacks) • Atrial ... Marantic (NTBE) Differential ... #Endocarditis #diagnosis ... #management #cardiology
Bradycardia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

BRADI Mnemonic
 • BRASH/Hyperkalemia
 • Reduced oxygen/Glucose/Temp
 • ACS
 • Drugs
 •
Bradycardia - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... Endocarditis + ... /Valve surgery ... #cardiology #BRADI
Tricuspid regurgitation is present on this subxiphoid view of a patient diagnosed with endocarditis. If you
view of a patient diagnosed ... with endocarditis ... regurgitation #cardiology ... #clinical #echocardiogram ... #ultrasound #POCUS
Widened Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis and Pathophysiology

Pulse pressure is the difference between the systolic blood
Pulse Pressure - Differential ... Diagnosis and Pathophysiology ... sclerosis (both heart valve ... • Infective Endocarditis ... #causes #cardiology
Causes of mitral stenosis
Rheumatic heart disease
 - Most common cause worldwide. Commissural fusion, thick MV leaflets
disease Infective endocarditis ... myxoma)/ball valve ... stenosis #Causes #diagnosis ... #differential # ... cardiology
Palpitations - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
• It is an unpleasant awareness or sensation that the heart is
Palpitations - Differential ... in the chest or neck ... failure • Mitral valve ... #Palpitations #Cardiology ... #Differential #