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Cardiac Tamponade

#Clinical #POCUS #Echocardiogram #Cardiac #Tamponade #Pericardial #Effusion #Electrical #Alternans
Cardiac Tamponade ... Clinical #POCUS #Echocardiogram ... #Cardiac #Tamponade ... #Pericardial #Effusion
Cardiac Rupture with Pericardial Effusion

Apical 4 chamber. Note larger right sided pericardial effusion with significant compression
Cardiac Rupture ... with Pericardial ... larger right sided pericardial ... #pericardial #effusion ... MyocardialInfarction #AMI #POCUS #Echocardiogram
Relevant Sonopathology of the Parasternal Long Axis (PLAX) - Point of Care Ultrasound
 - Right Ventricular
Dilatation - Aortic ... Dissection - Aortic ... Heart Failure - Aortic ... Hypertrophy - Pericardial ... Diagnosis #POCUS #Echocardiogram
POCUS Reference Measurements
 • Gallbladder
 • Urinary Bladder
 • GI Tract
 • Pregnancy
 • Optic Nerve
Pregnancy • Optic ... DVT • IVC • Aorta ... • Cardiac ... Measurements #Ultrasound #Echocardiogram
POCUS Pearls for Tamponade
- Pericardial Effusion
- Diastolic Right Ventricular Collapse
- Systolic Right Atrial Collapse
- Plethoric Inferior
for Tamponade - Pericardial ... @SAlerhand #Cardiac ... Cardiology #Effusion #Echocardiogram
Malignant Pericardial Effusion causing Tamponade on POCUS

Parasternal long with some RV collapse explaining this cancer patient's
Malignant Pericardial ... jchristianfox #Pericardial ... Effusion #Malignant #Cardiac ... #Tamponade #Echocardiogram
Parasternal Short axis, fan proximal and look for Aortic Valve in a plane shows all three
proximal and look for Aortic ... a plane shows all ... #AorticValve #Aorta ... mercedes #sign #Echocardiogram
TypeA Aortic Dissection on POCUS Echocardiogram

80yo F presents with CP&SOB after syncope. BP 91/62, HR81, O2sat
TypeA Aortic Dissection ... on POCUS Echocardiogram ... afib, twi I & aVL ... #Dissection #Aorta ... #POCUS #Echocardiogram
Pericardial Tamponade in a Shock Patient

Watch how the heart collapses and struggles to beat in surrounding
Pericardial Tamponade ... Clinical #POCUS #Echocardiogram ... #Cardiac #Tamponade ... #Pericardial #Effusion
Approach to the Hypotensive Patient - Differential Diagnosis Framework for Hypotension

Blood Pressure = Heart Rate x
Bradycardia (inadequate cardiac ... Pulmonary embolism • Pericardial ... insufficiency (MC) Cardiac ... regurgitation • Aortic ... regurgitation • Aortic