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Sonographic Pulsus Paradoxus: Pulsed wave Doppler over mitral valve inflow demonstrating peak velocity change >25% with
wave Doppler over mitral ... valve inflow demonstrating ... Echocardiogram #Doppler #Pericardial ... #Effusion #POCUS ... #a4c #cardiology
Constrictive Pericarditis on POCUS Echocardiogram - Subcostal View

Young Lupus patient admitted to hospital new onset HFpEF.
Pericarditis on POCUS ... effusion/pericardial ... one month ago-pt ... #Pericarditis #CP ... #s4C #SeptalBounce
Constrictive Pericarditis on POCUS Echocardiogram - Apical 3-Chamber View

Young Lupus patient admitted to hospital new onset
effusion/pericardial ... done one month ago ... Had diagnostic tap-fever ... #Pericarditis #CP ... #A3C #SeptalBounce
Causes of mitral stenosis
Rheumatic heart disease
 - Most common cause worldwide. Commissural fusion, thick MV leaflets
Commissural fusion ... vegetations)/tumor (left atrial ... myxoma)/ball valve ... thrombus - When ... stenosis #Causes #diagnosis
Constrictive Pericarditis on Echocardiogram
A 55-year-old female marathon runner presents to clinic w/ 6-months of worsening breathlessness
circumferential pericardial ... effusion. ... , (B) a septal mitral ... Echocardiogram #a4c ... #pocus #clinical
Atrial Fibrillation (A-Fib) Summary

Symptoms:
• Palpitations, light-headedness, dizziness, dyspnea, exercise intolerance, chest pain, near-syncope, syncope.

Why?
Cardiac:
	• Valvular heart
Younger patient age ... ventricular hypertrophy, pericardial ... Moderate or severe mitral ... Mechanical heart valve ... Fibrillation #AFib #diagnosis