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Pulmonary Embolism on POCUS Echocardiogram

Mid 30's female with chest pain/dyspnea.  Triage EKG (no prior).
Echocardiogram ... Differential/diagnosis ... See thread for POCUS ... #Echocardiogram ... #A4c #clinical
Signs of Tamponade can be masked by pulmonary hypertension! 1.2L drained. Read more: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5466174/

- VCU Ultrasound
Signs of Tamponade ... #tamponade #phtn ... #pocus #clinical ... #echocardiogram ... #a4c
Severe Pulmonary Hypertension on Echocardiogram
Pulmonary hypertension results in compensatory changes to the RV. The RV appears
on Echocardiogram ... Pulmonary hypertension ... (from A4C) with ... #PHTN #Echocardiogram ... clinical #cardiology #pocus
Tamponade Masked in Pulmonary Hypertension

Signs of Tamponade can be masked by pulmonary hypertension! 1.2L drained. Read
Signs of Tamponade ... ) #Clinical #POCUS ... #Cardiology #Echocardiogram ... #A4C #Cardiac # ... LeftSided #Collapse #PHTN
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
- Workup and Differential ... is defined as the ... or acute kidney injury ... Stage 2 hypertension ... most pts have HTN
RV Strain in Pulmonary Embolism on POCUS Echocardiogram

A patient is brought by EMS intubated and hypotensive.
Pulmonary Embolism on POCUS ... Echocardiogram ... In the setting of ... infusion over 2 ... clinical #ultrasound #DSign
Cardiac metastasis of lung cancer (2D/3D TTE)

What is the most common type of cancer to metastasize
lung cancer (2D/3D ... TTE) What is ... metastasize (>1/2 ... clinical #cardiology #echocardiogram ... #pocus #a4c #3d
Portopulmonary Hypertension
Presence of pulmonary arterial hypertension in a patient with portal hypertension
No other obvious causes (chronic
Transthoracic echocardiogram ... moderate (or worse) PPHTN ... m/s • Other signs ... ventricular septum 2) ... receptors, blocking the
RV Failure secondary to Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension on Echocardiogram
Pulmonary arterial hypertension resulting in severe RV dilation
on Echocardiogram ... sign is that the ... #PAH #Echocardiogram ... clinical #cardiology #s4c ... #pocus
Heat Illnesses and Heat Stroke - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Heat Cramps:
 • Muscle pain or spasm -
Heat Stroke - Differential ... sweat Heat Injury ... tone → Postural hypotension ... → Syncope • Signs ... encephalopathy) 2.