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Constrictive Pericarditis on POCUS Echocardiogram - Subcostal View

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

Young Lupus patient admitted to hospital new onset
Constrictive Pericarditis ... on POCUS Echocardiogram ... Also has pericardial ... effusion/pericardial ... CP #POCUS #Echocardiogram
Constrictive Pericarditis on Echocardiogram
A 55-year-old female marathon runner presents to clinic w/ 6-months of worsening breathlessness
Constrictive Pericarditis ... on Echocardiogram ... transthoracic echocardiogram ... circumferential pericardial ... Echocardiogram #
Pericardial Constriction on Echocardiogram with Septal Bounce

Fantastic example of pericardial constriction. Not only a nice septal
Pericardial Constriction ... on Echocardiogram ... constriction. ... #Constriction # ... Echocardiogram #
Pathophysiology Of Constriction
Exaggerated Ventricular Interdependence:
 • Limited Cardiac Filling due to Fixed Volume → Septum Shifts
Pathophysiology Of Constriction ... Cessation due to Stiff Pericardium ... structures and extra- pericardial ... extra-pericardial ... pericarditis #pathophysiology
Constrictive Pericarditis on Echocardiogram

Septal Shudder, tubular LV (bullet shaped), D Cruz sign(abnormal angle between post wall
Constrictive Pericarditis ... on Echocardiogram ... halt, increased pericardial ... Pericarditis. ... Echocardiogram #
Kussmaul's sign in Constrictive Pericarditis 

A 50-year-old woman with a remote history of mediastinal lymphoma (age
Kussmaul's sign in Constrictive ... Pericarditis ... pericarditis (this ... is a pericardial ... #Pericarditis
Calcifications
Detection of calcifications within the heart is quite common.
The most common are coronary artery calcifications and
Here we see pericardial ... associated with constrictive ... pericarditis. ... Radiology #CXR #Pericardial ... #Pericarditis #
Knuckle Sign on ECG - Acute Pericarditis

Electrocardiogram of a 68-year-old woman two days after coronary artery
on ECG - Acute Pericarditis ... surgery with small pericardial ... effusion seen on an echocardiogram ... Note the diffuse ... Knuckle #Sign #Pericarditis
Calcifications Around the Heart on Chest XRay
Case #1: This appearance is typical of pericardial calcification &
is typical of pericardial ... associated w/ constrictive ... pericarditis. ... The proximal LAD ... stented: note the