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Pericarditis - Definition and Diagnostic Criteria
Acute Pericarditis 
 • Inflammatory pericardial syndrome to be diagnosed with
and Diagnostic ... depression on ECG ... effusion (new or ... #Pericarditis #diagnosis ... #criteria #cardiology
Mediastinal Widening - Differential Diagnosis

 • Vascular: Aortic dissection, Aortic anourysm, Enlarged pulmonary arteries, Venous or
- Differential Diagnosis ... ex: duplicated SVC ... effusion • CXR ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #pulmonary #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
Constrictive Pericarditis on POCUS Echocardiogram - Apical 3-Chamber View

Young Lupus patient admitted to hospital new onset
you see on this SC ... Also has pericardial ... effusion/pericardial ... with similar peri effusion ... Had diagnostic tap-fever
Shock - Diagnosis and Management Summary
 • Hypotension: SBP<90, SBP drop >40, MAP<65 (Normotension, HTN possible
Shock - Diagnosis ... Setup - Ultrasound ... > Constrictive pericarditis ... , Pericardial Tamponade ... - Pulmonary
Chest pain after AFib ablation. What’s the most likely diagnosis?

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You are all correct: the patient had
the most likely diagnosis ... You are all correct ... w/ a moderate pericardial ... effusion (likely ... #EKG #ECG #Pericarditis
Hemopericardium on POCUS Echocardiogram - Subcostal View

Valentine's day.  Shot through the heart--but not by Cupid.
Diagnosis? ... Echocardiogram #S4C ... #clinical #cardiology ... #ultrasound #Pericardial ... #Effusion #Trauma
Hemorrhagic Pericardial Effusions (Hemopericardium)- Differential Diagnosis Framework

IATROGENIC DISEASE
Secondary to invasive cardiac procedures

NONIATROGENIC
• Malignancy (e.g., metastatic spread:
- Differential Diagnosis ... • Malignancy (e.g ... patients with pulmonary ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #cardiology
Myocarditis
Diagnosis 
• Endomyocardial biopsy (gold standard, rarely performed) 
• Clinical presentation 
• Cardiovascular MRI 
Clinical 
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Myocarditis Diagnosis ... • Chest pain, pericarditis ... tachycardia • S3, S4 ... gallop • Abnormal ECG ... • Cardiogenic shock
Constrictive Pericarditis on Echocardiogram
A 55-year-old female marathon runner presents to clinic w/ 6-months of worsening breathlessness
circumferential pericardial ... effusion. ... expiration not meeting diagnostic ... Echocardiogram #a4c ... pocus #clinical #cardiology