Ultrasound Case 091
A 56 year old woman presents with chest pain and shortness of breath. Her ECG demonstrates widespread precordial ischaemic change.
Tag echocardiography
Shunts and Echocardiography
OVERVIEW can use bubble testing to ID calculate gradients if L->R shunt reverses due to pulmonary hypertension it is Eisenmenger syndrome Echo may not detect extra-cardiac shunts ASD patent foramen ovale (30% incidence in general population) ostium secundum ostium primum…
Mitral Stenosis Echocardiography
Mitral Stenosis Echocardiography
Mitral Regurgitation Echocardiography
Mitral Regurgitation Echocardiography
Acute Myocardial Infarction Echocardiography
Echocardiography in acute myocardial infarction is useful for identification of regional wall motion abnormalities and complications
LV function echocardiography
Left ventricular Function and Haemodynamic Assessment Echocardiography
Echocardiography Overview
Echocardiography = a group of interrelated ultrasound applications used to examine the heart and great vessels.
Aortic Stenosis Echocardiography
Aortic Stenosis Echocardiography
Aortic Regurgitation Echocardiography
OVERVIEW causes: degeneration, infective endocarditis, dilated aortic root, aortic dissection. SEVERITY ASSESSMENT large regurgitant jet on CFD— if takes up more than 65% of LVOT then severe flow reversal in aorta LV dilation— LV end-systolic diameter > 5.5cm large regurgitant…
Aortic Dissection Echocardiography
TOE is better than but TTE, but TTE can be performed first; TTE cannot exclude aortic dissection; TOE is comparable to CT and MRI for diagnostic accuracy
Ultrasound Case 012
54 year old male presenting with collapse while moving couch. The patient is on antibiotics for recent pneumonia diagnosis. Altered mental status in the emergency department.
an insidious intruder…
the case. 28 year old male presents to your tertiary emergency department with chest pain, exertional dyspnoea and left calf pain.