ECHO images and text Genevieve Carbonatto The following patient presented to the Emergency Department after a syncopal event walking up a flight of stairs. He had become more short of breath (SOB) over the past week or so, finding it hard to walk more than 50m without beocoming SOB. On [...]
Images by Genevieve Carbonatto http://www.criticalcare-sonography.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Produce_412.mp4 Parasternal long axis, (PLAX) of the left ventricle showing thickened LV walls and reduced ejection fraction. Measurements of the interventricular septum, (IVS) and LV infero-lateral (posterior) wall (LVPW) should be measured in a straight line across the minor axis of the LV. The measurements [...]
Images Genevieve Carbonatto http://www.criticalcare-sonography.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Produce_23.mp4 Parasternal long axis (PLAX) of the left ventricle demonstrating asymmetric septal hypertrophy, compare the thickness of the interventricular septum, (IVS) in diastole with the infero-lateral (posterior) LV wall. The IVS / LVPW > 1.3 : 1. The LV cavity almost completely obliterates, "kissing walls" [...]
