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Cardiac tamponade - a swinging heart of electrical alternans on Echocardiogram - PSAX

- Ivan Stankovic, MD,
Cardiac tamponade ... on Echocardiogram ... #Echocardiogram ... #PSAX #clinical ... #cardiology #pocus
Pericardial Tamponade
Beck's Triad 
1. Hypotension 
2. Jugular venous distension 
3. Muffled heart sounds 
Patient will be
paradoxus - ECG ... QRS, electrical alterans ... #Pericardial #Cardiac ... #Triad #Diagnosis ... #Cardiology
Postoperative Hemorrhagic Pericardial effusion with Left Ventricular Compression and Tamponade

- Reza Karimianpour, D.O. https://twitter.com/officialdrk12

#Postoperative #Pericardial #Effusion
Compression and Tamponade ... LVCompression #Tamponade ... #Cardiac #PLAX ... POCUS #Ultrasound #Echocardiogram ... #Clinical #Cardiology
Massive Pericardial Effusion on Echocardiogram (PLAX and M-Mode) demonstrating ECG alternans motion
Massive pericardial effusion, female metastatic
(PLAX and M-Mode ... demonstrating ECG ... #malignant #clinical ... #cardiology #pocus ... #alternans
Type A Dissection on POCUS (PLAX view)

39 yo M w CP drops his BP in ED.
Non-ischemic EKG ... What's the Diagnosis ... hemopericardium and tamponade ... Aortic #Aorta #Echocardiogram ... #PLAX #Clinical
Large Pericardial Effusion on POCUS 

Good example of swinging heart in pre tamponade. Reason for electrical
swinging heart in pre tamponade ... EKG from same patient ... #POCUS #Echocardiogram ... #A4C #Clinical ... #Cardiology #Swinging
Short axis of this echo is mesmerizing: Malignant effusion in a young pt. Notice subtle electrical
subtle electrical alternans ... on the ECG. ... PericardialEffusion #Clinical ... #POCUS #Echocardiogram ... #Cardiology
Tamponade is paradoxical RV collapse during diastole. Sometimes it’s hard to tell if that’s happening by
Tamponade is paradoxical ... cycle (in lieu of ECG ... #Tamponade #PLAX ... #Echocardiogram ... #POCUS #Clinical
Cardiac Tamponade on Echocardiogram in Slow Motion (PLAX)
EchoProTip: Does this patient has a potentially hemodynamically compromising
Cardiac Tamponade ... on Echocardiogram ... Clinical diagnosis ... #clinical #echocardiogram ... #PLAX
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