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Ventricular Fibrillation on Echocardiogram (A4C)
Rare glimpse of echocardiogram just at the onset of VF, no organized
Ventricular Fibrillation ... Echocardiogram (A4C ... , no organized heart ... ShariqShamimMD #VFib ... #clinical #cardiology
Constrictive Pericarditis on Echocardiogram
A 55-year-old female marathon runner presents to clinic w/ 6-months of worsening breathlessness
runner presents to clinic ... to workup right-heart ... circumferential pericardial ... Echocardiogram #a4c ... #cardiology
Calcifications Around the Heart on Chest XRay
Case #1: This appearance is typical of pericardial calcification &
is typical of pericardial ... / constrictive pericarditis ... #Chest #XRay #CXR ... #radiology #cardiology ... #clinical
Tetralogy of Falot on Chest X-Ray
Tetralogy of Falot comprises four defects -
1. Ventricular septal defect (VSD)
2.
typical boot shaped heart ... caused the upturned cardiac ... the most common cardiac ... #Chest #XRay #CXR ... #clinical #radiology
Constrictive Pericarditis on Cardiac MRI

MRI shows ventricular interdependence and re-demonstrates the thickened pericardium. 

Dr. Omid Kiamanesh
Constrictive Pericarditis ... on Cardiac MRI ... the thickened pericardium ... #CardiacMRI #clinical ... #cardiology #radiology
Pathophysiology Of Constriction
Exaggerated Ventricular Interdependence:
 • Limited Cardiac Filling due to Fixed Volume → Septum Shifts
Interdependence: • Limited Cardiac ... intrapericardial (heart ... transmitted to the heart ... #constrictive #pericarditis ... pathophysiology #cardiology
Amyloidosis on POCUS Echocardiogram - Apical 4 Chamber (A4C)
Pt with systemic AL amyloidosis presents with 1
appearance of heart ... on CXR. ... Has new large pericardial ... #POCUS #clinical ... Echocardiogram #Cardiology
Congenital absence of the pericardium: 
- CXR: leftward shift of the cardiac silhouette, Snoopy sign, no
absence of the pericardium ... : - CXR: leftward ... shift of the cardiac ... displacement of the heart ... #clinical #cardiology
Atrial Fibrillation (A-Fib) Summary

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

Why?
Cardiac:
	• Valvular heart
Cardiac: • Valvular ... (< 5% pts with afibb ... hypertrophy, pericardial ... #Fibrillation #AFib ... diagnosis #management #cardiology
Calcifications
Detection of calcifications within the heart is quite common.
The most common are coronary artery calcifications and
calcifications within the heart ... Here we see pericardial ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Pericardial ... #Constrictive #Pericarditis