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POCUS Pearls for Tamponade
- Pericardial Effusion
- Diastolic Right Ventricular Collapse
- Systolic Right Atrial Collapse
- Plethoric Inferior
Right Ventricular Collapse ... @SAlerhand #Cardiac ... Tamponade #POCUS #Diagnosis ... #Evaluation #Cardiology ... #Effusion #Echocardiogram
POCUS Pearls for Tamponade
- Pericardial Effusion
- Diastolic Right Ventricular Collapse
- Systolic Right Atrial Collapse
- Plethoric Inferior
Right Ventricular Collapse ... Systolic Right Atrial Collapse ... Vena Cava #Cardiac ... Tamponade #POCUS #Diagnosis ... #Evaluation #Cardiology
Progressive ECG changes with increasing 
hyperkalaemia. 
 (a) Normal 
 (b) Tented T wave (arrow)
widened QRS complex ... ' pattern (pre-cardiac ... arrest) #Diagnosis ... #Cardiology #EKG
Pericardial Tamponade
Beck's Triad 
1. Hypotension 
2. Jugular venous distension 
3. Muffled heart sounds 
Patient will be
show diastolic collapse ... #Pericardial #Cardiac ... #Becks #Triad #Diagnosis ... #Cardiology
POCUS - Measuring Cardiac Output
1) Calculate LVOT Area
2) Calculate LVOT VTI
3) Calculate Cardiac Output

SV = (LVOT
POCUS - Measuring Cardiac ... VTI 3) Calculate Cardiac ... Output #CO #POCUS #Echocardiogram ... #Measurement #cardiology ... #diagnosis
Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia (ARVD)

• A small positive deflection buried in the terminal QRS complex (Epsilon
the terminal QRS complex ... related • Dx: Cardiac ... Rx: Implantable cardiac ... #EpsilonWave #Diagnosis ... #Cardiology
Pericardial Tamponade in a Shock Patient

Watch how the heart collapses and struggles to beat in surrounding
how the heart collapses ... good enough at diagnosing ... Clinical #POCUS #Echocardiogram ... #Cardiac #Tamponade
Ventricular Fibrillation
• Completely disorganized 
• Immediate cessation of cardiac output, no associated pulse 
• No discernible
Immediate cessation of cardiac ... discernible P waves, QRS complexes ... Fibrillation #VFib #Diagnosis ... #Cardiology #Tachycardia
Pulse Abnormalities - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unequal/DeIayed:
 • Obstructive arterial disease (ie. Atherosclerosis)
 • Aortic dissection
 •
- Differential Diagnosis ... pressure >10mmHg: • Cardiac ... followed by rapid collapse ... Abnormalities #Disorders #Cardiology ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Approach to the Hypercoagulable State
Arterial thromboembolism
→ Cardiac rhythm monitoring, Echocardiogram, Vascular imaging
→ Test for APS, particularly
thromboembolism → Cardiac ... rhythm monitoring, Echocardiogram ... - No other workup ... Hypercoagulable #Workup ... #hematology #diagnosis