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Cor Triatriatum on Echocardiogram

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Cor Triatriatum (or triatrial heart) is a congenital heart defect
on Echocardiogram ... (or triatrial heart ... #Echocardiogram ... #A4C #POCUS #Clinical ... #Congenital #Cardiology
Pericardial Tamponade
Beck's Triad 
1. Hypotension 
2. Jugular venous distension 
3. Muffled heart sounds 
Patient will be
Pericardial Tamponade ... Muffled heart sounds ... paradoxus - ECG ... #Cardiac #Tamponade ... Diagnosis #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 ... #Cardiology #A4C
Hemopericardium on POCUS Echocardiogram - Subcostal View

Valentine's day.  Shot through the heart--but not by Cupid.
Hemopericardium on POCUS Echocardiogram ... Shot through the heart ... Diagnosis? ... #S4C #clinical ... #cardiology #ultrasound
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 ... ventricular hypertrophy, pericardial ... #diagnosis #management ... #cardiology
Amyloidosis on POCUS Echocardiogram - Subcostal 4 Chamber (S4C)
Pt with systemic AL amyloidosis presents with 1
appearance of heart ... on CXR. ... Has new large pericardial ... #POCUS #clinical ... #Cardiology #S4C
Large Pericardial Effusion on POCUS 

Good example of swinging heart in pre tamponade. Reason for electrical
example of swinging heart ... EKG from same patient ... alternans #POCUS #Echocardiogram ... #A4C #Clinical ... #Cardiology #Swinging
Myocarditis
Diagnosis 
• Endomyocardial biopsy (gold standard, rarely performed) 
• Clinical presentation 
• Cardiovascular MRI 
Clinical 
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Myocarditis Diagnosis ... gallop • Abnormal ECG ... , echocardiogram ... shock, sudden cardiac ... #Management #Cardiology
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 ... #cardiology #clinical ... #a4c #AV #Dissociation
Constrictive Pericarditis on Echocardiogram
A 55-year-old female marathon runner presents to clinic w/ 6-months of worsening breathlessness
to workup right-heart ... circumferential pericardial ... expiration not meeting diagnostic ... #a4c #pocus #clinical ... #cardiology