Aortic valve lesion in a dialysis patient
A pleasant elderly patient on dialysis presented with fever, chills, and dizziness. No obvious signs of dialysis access infection but found to have gram positive bacteremia. Following are the focused […]
Dialysis patient with fever and shortness of breath
We have previously discussed about the echocardiographic features of valvular vegetations. Now let us see an illustrative case. A middle-aged dialysis patient presented with shortness of breath and fever. No […]
The subcostal bicaval view
We are familiar with the subcostal 4 chamber and inferior vena cava (IVC) views. There is also something called subcostal bicaval view, where you can visualize both IVC and the […]
Shivering anterior mitral valve leaflet on M-mode
We previously discussed about the mitral valve M-mode in PLAX view and E-point septal separation (EPSS). EPSS is the distance between peak of the E-wave (early diastolic wave) of the […]
Movement of the inter-atrial septum: everything has meaning
The inter-atrial septum (IAS) is a thin wall between the right and left atria. Normally, its motion (i.e., whether it sways towards the left or right atrium) is influenced by […]
Mass in the right atrium: an uninvited guest from the abdomen
These interesting images were shared by Dr. Ryan Henneberry, EM POCUS director at Dalhousie University. A 47-year-old gentleman presented with shortness of breath and a focused cardiac ultrasound revealed a […]
The RV inflow view
It is not always possible to obtain a good apical window to look for tricuspid regurgitation, which is one parameter that we commonly look at in nephrology patients with volume […]
Peri-aortic lymphoma seen on echocardiogram
Below are more echo images, mostly atypical views obtained from 4th – 5th intercostal space.
Pulmonary veins on cardiac ultrasound
In a recent twitter poll showing this parasternal long axis (PLAX) image, only 36% (N = 301) were able to identify the pulmonary vein. Even though the purpose of POCUS […]