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POCUS Pearls for Tamponade
- Pericardial Effusion
- Diastolic Right Ventricular Collapse
- Systolic Right Atrial Collapse
- Plethoric Inferior
for Tamponade - Pericardial ... @SAlerhand #Cardiac ... Tamponade #POCUS #Diagnosis ... Cardiology #Effusion #Echocardiogram
Pericardial Tamponade
Beck's Triad 
1. Hypotension 
2. Jugular venous distension 
3. Muffled heart sounds 
Patient will be
Pericardial Tamponade ... sounds Patient will ... pericardiocentesis #Pericardial ... #Cardiac #Tamponade ... #Becks #Triad #Diagnosis
Cardiac incisura
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On the right side of the chest the lung will lie against
Cardiac incisura ... anterior chest wall ... anterior chest wall ... since the heart or pericardial ... on the lateral view
Cardiac Findings in Sarcoidosis
Most Commonly Affected Sites:
 - LV free wall (esp. basal posterior wall)
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Cardiac Findings ... basal posterior wall ... hypertension Pericardial ... Abnormal a-wave #Cardiac ... #Involvement #diagnosis
Hemopericardium on POCUS Echocardiogram - Subcostal View

Valentine's day.  Shot through the heart--but not by Cupid.
Hemopericardium on POCUS Echocardiogram ... - Subcostal View ... Pericardial window ... Diagnosis? ... Hemopericardium #POCUS #Echocardiogram
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 ... #Pericardial #Effusion
Approach to the Hypotensive Patient - Differential Diagnosis Framework for Hypotension

Blood Pressure = Heart Rate x
- Differential Diagnosis ... Bradycardia (inadequate cardiac ... Pulmonary embolism • Pericardial ... infarction - Free wall ... #differential #diagnosis
Gadolinium Enhancement Patterns in Ischemic and Non-Ischemic Cardiomyopathies
Ischemic:
 • Subendocardial Infarct
 • Transmural Infarct
Non-Ischemic:
 • Mid-wall
Non-Ischemic: • Mid-wall ... Chagas disease • Epicardial ... sclerosis, post-cardiac ... cardiomyopathy #diagnosis
Constrictive Pericarditis on POCUS Echocardiogram - Apical 3-Chamber View

Young Lupus patient admitted to hospital new onset
Pericarditis on POCUS Echocardiogram ... Apical 3-Chamber View ... Also has pericardial ... effusion/pericardial ... Had diagnostic tap-fever
RUSH(ed) Exam - POCUS Protocol
Rapid Ultrasound in Shock and Hypotension
1. Parasternal Long Cardiac View
2. Apical Four-Chamber
Parasternal Long Cardiac ... View 2. ... Apical Four-Chamber Cardiac ... Curvilinear Array for all ... POCUS #Protocol #diagnosis