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Swinging Heart within a Large Pericardial Effusion on Cardiac MRI - Electrical Alternans Visualized

Prasad Jain, MD
Swinging Heart within ... Pericardial Effusion on Cardiac ... #Alternans #CardiacMRI ... #CMRI #clinical ... radiology #cardiology #cardiac
Cor Triatriatum on Cardiac MRI

- Dr. Anthon Fuisz, MD
@DrFuisz

Cor Triatriatum (or triatrial heart) is a congenital
Triatriatum on Cardiac ... (or triatrial heart ... is a congenital heart ... where the left atrium ... #CardiacMRI #Clinical
Evaluation of Electrical Injury in the Emergency Department 

Common Injuries by System:

CNS - Seizure, coma, spinal
Evaluation of Electrical ... high voltage Cardiac ... - Vfib/asystole ... immediate, prior to ED arrival ... hemotympanum #Electrical
Atrial Fibrillation (A-Fib) Summary

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

Why?
Cardiac:
	• Valvular heart
Cardiac: • Valvular ... structural and electrical ... control (chemical/electrical ... control with early Afib ... #Fibrillation #AFib
Lightning Strike Electrical Injury
Types of Lightning Strikes: Direct, Side Splash, Contact injury, Ground current
ELECTRICAL INJURIES: Primary
Electric Arc- associated ... CARDIAC: asytole ... or Vfib prehospital ... most common is Afib ... #Injury #clinical
Toaster Electrocution Electrical Injury
Primary determination of injury extent = amount of CURRENT flowing through body.
VARIABLES: voltage,
Electric Arc- associated ... CARDIAC: asytole ... IMMEDIATELY: cardiac ... EKG, labs, cardiac ... #Injury #clinical
Ventricular fibrillation (V-fib or VF) is when the heart quivers instead of pumps due to disorganized
VF) is when the heart ... to disorganized electrical ... It results in cardiac ... 10% of people in cardiac ... #Clinical #MedStudent
Ventricular Fibrillation on POCUS - Apical 4 Chamber View

A 50-year-old woman with a history of cardiac
with a history of cardiac ... the transplanted heart ... with preserved atrial ... echocardiogram #cardiology #clinical ... #a4c #AV #Dissociation
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
exam Determine Cardiac ... a) Ischemic heart ... Change in clinical ... postoperative cardiac ... CARP, DECREASE V trials
Amyloidosis on POCUS Echocardiogram - Apical 4 Chamber (A4C)
Pt with systemic AL amyloidosis presents with 1
thickening and biatrial ... appearance of heart ... amyloidosis with cardiac ... #Amyloidosis #Cardiac ... #POCUS #clinical