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Differential Diagnosis of Pericardial Effusion

Trauma
Pericarditis
Recent MI
Autoimmune 
Neoplastic 
Endocrine/Metabolic 
Venous Congestion 
Medications 

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#Pericardial
Differential Diagnosis ... of Pericardial ... Effusion Trauma ... Pericarditis ... #Effusion #Differential
Pericarditis - Definition and Diagnostic Criteria
Acute Pericarditis 
 • Inflammatory pericardial syndrome to be diagnosed with
• Inflammatory pericardial ... chest pain (2) pericardial ... on ECG (4) pericardial ... effusion (new or ... #criteria #cardiology
ASE - Multimodality Imaging of Pericardial Disease
 - Acute / Recurrent Pericarditis
 - Pericardial Anatomy and
Acute / Recurrent Pericarditis ... Effusion / Tamponade ... - Constrictive Pericarditis ... diagnosis #imaging #cardiology ... #radiology
Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Cardiovascular Causes of Chest Pain:
 • Myocardium:
	- Myocarditis
	- CAD/ACS
	- Valvulopathy
	- Myopericarditis
Myocarditis - CAD/ACS ... dissection - SCAD • Pericardium ... : - Pericarditis ... - Tamponade Pulmonary ... • Pleura: - Effusion
Pericardial Clot on Echocardiogram

ST elevation of acute pericarditis was misdiagnosed as STEMI and thrombolysed with SK
Pericardial Clot ... elevation of acute pericarditis ... effusion with large ... #effusion #clot ... POCUS #clinical #cardiology
Mediastinal Widening - Differential Diagnosis

 • Vascular: Aortic dissection, Aortic anourysm, Enlarged pulmonary arteries, Venous or
Mediastinal Widening - Differential ... Lymphadenopathy • Pericardial ... Pneumomediastinum, Pericardial ... effusion • CXR ... #radiology
Ascites, pericardial effusion, and left pleural effusion on subcostal 4-chamber POCUS echocardiogram

Subcostal window in SLE patient.
Ascites, pericardial ... Answer: Ascites, pericardial ... RJonesSonoEM #Ascites #pericardial ... POCUS #clinical #ultrasound ... #cardiology
Right-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac Causes - Rule out Left-Sided Heart Failure (Most Common):
Heart Failure - Differential ... • Constrictive Pericarditis ... • Pericardial ... #HeartFailure #Cardiology ... #Differential #
POCUS Pearls for Tamponade
- Pericardial Effusion
- Diastolic Right Ventricular Collapse
- Systolic Right Atrial Collapse
- Plethoric Inferior
for Tamponade - Pericardial ... Effusion - Diastolic ... Diagnosis #Evaluation #Cardiology ... #Effusion #Echocardiogram ... #Ultrasound
Cardiac Rupture with Pericardial Effusion

Apical 4 chamber. Note larger right sided pericardial effusion with significant compression
Cardiac Rupture with Pericardial ... Effusion Apical ... effusion with significant ... Echocardiogram #ultrasound ... #Cardiology #A4c