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Constrictive Pericarditis on POCUS Echocardiogram - Subcostal View

Young Lupus patient admitted to hospital new onset HFpEF.
on POCUS Echocardiogram ... View Young Lupus ... Also has pericardial ... Lupus pericarditis ... to infectious concern
Cardiac metastasis of lung cancer (2D/3D TTE)

What is the most common type of cancer to metastasize
(2D/3D TTE) What ... (10%–12%) & hematologic ... malignancies (10%–21%): malignant ... clinical #cardiology #echocardiogram ... #pocus #a4c #3d
Hemorrhagic Pericardial Effusions (Hemopericardium)- Differential Diagnosis Framework

IATROGENIC DISEASE
Secondary to invasive cardiac procedures

NONIATROGENIC
• Malignancy (e.g., metastatic spread:
Secondary to invasive cardiac ... NONIATROGENIC • Malignancy ... , breast cancer, ... induced • MCTD, Lupus ... Cytologic studies of the
Approach to the Hypercoagulable State
Arterial thromboembolism
→ Cardiac rhythm monitoring, Echocardiogram, Vascular imaging
→ Test for APS, particularly
Approach to the ... thromboembolism → Cardiac ... rhythm monitoring, Echocardiogram ... Age-appropriate cancer ... Age-appropriate cancer
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
Infections • Malignancy ... Serositis: • Pleural/pericardial ... 5% of patients Cardiac ... Cytopenias • Cardiac ... • Cervical cancer
Metastatic Sarcoma causing Cardiac Tamponade on POCUS
This 50 yo man had an aggressive sarcoma with cardiac
structure pressing on the ... No pericardial effusion ... #Sarcoma #malignant ... #cancer #Cardiac ... POCUS #clinical #echocardiogram
Autoimmune Myositis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Myopathies: Commonly symmetric proximal muscle weakness, no substantial muscle pain
• Anti-TIF1 (cancer-associated ... lung disease Malignancy ... dermatomyositis) Malignancy ... • Pericarditis/Pericardial ... weakness • Severe cardiac