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Constrictive Pericarditis on POCUS Echocardiogram - Subcostal View

Young Lupus patient admitted to hospital new onset HFpEF.
on POCUS Echocardiogram ... Also has pericardial ... effusion/pericardial ... to infectious concern ... Pericarditis #CP #POCUS #Echocardiogram
Constrictive Pericarditis on POCUS Echocardiogram - Apical 3-Chamber View

Young Lupus patient admitted to hospital new onset
on POCUS Echocardiogram ... Also has pericardial ... effusion/pericardial ... Had diagnostic tap-fever ... Pericarditis #CP #POCUS #Echocardiogram
Constrictive Pericarditis on Echocardiogram
A 55-year-old female marathon runner presents to clinic w/ 6-months of worsening breathlessness
on Echocardiogram ... transthoracic echocardiogram ... circumferential pericardial ... expiration not meeting diagnostic ... #Pericarditis #Echocardiogram
Hemorrhagic Pericardial Effusions (Hemopericardium)- Differential Diagnosis Framework

IATROGENIC DISEASE
Secondary to invasive cardiac procedures

NONIATROGENIC
• Malignancy (e.g., metastatic spread:
- Differential Diagnosis ... NONIATROGENIC • Malignancy ... metastatic spread: lung cancer ... , breast cancer, ... Cytologic studies of the
Cardiac metastasis of lung cancer (2D/3D TTE)

What is the most common type of cancer to metastasize
(2D/3D TTE) ... Lung cancer 36% ... malignancies (10%–21%): malignant ... clinical #cardiology #echocardiogram ... #pocus #a4c #3d
Hemopericardium on POCUS Echocardiogram - Subcostal View

Valentine's day.  Shot through the heart--but not by Cupid.
Hemopericardium on POCUS Echocardiogram ... Shot through the ... Diagnosis? ... fluid must raise concern ... Hemopericardium #POCUS #Echocardiogram
Approach to the Hypercoagulable State
Arterial thromboembolism
→ Cardiac rhythm monitoring, Echocardiogram, Vascular imaging
→ Test for APS, particularly
Approach to the ... rhythm monitoring, Echocardiogram ... Age-appropriate cancer ... Age-appropriate cancer ... Workup #hematology #diagnosis
Unexpected severe pericardial effusion in a patient with colon cancer and DVT. Never forget POCUS of
Unexpected severe pericardial ... patient with colon cancer ... forget POCUS of the ... Clinical #POCUS #Echocardiogram ... PericardialEffusion #A4C #PSAX #Malignant
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
involvement is the ... BNP, troponin if concern ... o infection • Echocardiogram ... EGPA (↓ LVEF, pericardial ... with sparing of the
RV wall perforation from pacer wire on POCUS

Patient with severe chest pain since last night. SC
EHR-had TTE done ... last week--no pericardial ... Diagnosis: RV wall ... Pacemaker #POCUS #echocardiogram ... s4c #effusion #pericardial