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POCUS Echocardiography - Table of Cardiac Views and Windows
 • Parastemal Long-Axis View (PLAX)
 • Parasternal
Echocardiography - Table of Cardiac ... -Chamber View (A4C ... • SC Abdominal Aorta ... Axis • PSAX: Aortic ... #TTE #Echocardiogram
Cardiac Rupture with Pericardial Effusion

Apical 4 chamber. Note larger right sided pericardial effusion with significant compression
Cardiac Rupture ... concerning for cardiac ... pericardial #effusion #tamponade ... MyocardialInfarction #AMI #POCUS #Echocardiogram ... ultrasound #Cardiology #A4c
POCUS Pearls for Tamponade
- Pericardial Effusion
- Diastolic Right Ventricular Collapse
- Systolic Right Atrial Collapse
- Plethoric Inferior
POCUS Pearls for Tamponade ... @SAlerhand #Cardiac ... #Tamponade #POCUS ... #Diagnosis #Evaluation ... Cardiology #Effusion #Echocardiogram
Type A Dissection on POCUS (PLAX view)

39 yo M w CP drops his BP in ED.
What's the Diagnosis ... Proximal aortic ... hemopericardium and tamponade ... Note large aortic ... #Aorta #Echocardiogram
Life Threatening Causes of Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Table

 • ACS
 • Aortic Dissection
 •
- Differential Diagnosis ... • ACS • Aortic ... Pneumothorax • Cardiac ... Tamponade • Esophageal ... #differential #diagnosis
POCUS Reference Measurements
 • Gallbladder
 • Urinary Bladder
 • GI Tract
 • Pregnancy
 • Optic Nerve
Pregnancy • Optic ... DVT • IVC • Aorta ... • Cardiac ... Measurements #Ultrasound #Echocardiogram ... #Diagnosis
Pulse Abnormalities - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unequal/DeIayed:
 • Obstructive arterial disease (ie. Atherosclerosis)
 • Aortic dissection
 •
- Differential Diagnosis ... aneurysm • Aortic ... pressure >10mmHg: • Cardiac ... tamponade • AECOPD ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Arterial Lines - Abnormal Arterial Waveforms:
 - Underdampened: Falsely High BP - Adjust monitor filter settings
inspiration - Cardiac ... Tamponade, Constrictive ... Insufficiency + Aortic ... Peak - Severe Aortic ... lines #waveforms #diagnosis
Approach to the Hypotensive Patient - Differential Diagnosis Framework for Hypotension

Blood Pressure = Heart Rate x
- Differential Diagnosis ... Bradycardia (inadequate cardiac ... • Pericardial tamponade ... regurgitation • Aortic ... regurgitation • Aortic
Pericardial Tamponade in a Shock Patient

Watch how the heart collapses and struggles to beat in surrounding
Pericardial Tamponade ... good enough at diagnosing ... Clinical #POCUS #Echocardiogram ... #Cardiac #Tamponade