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Systemic Sclerosis (Scleroderma)
Multi-system autoimmune disease characterized by vasculopathy and progressive fibrosis of skin and internal organs
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thickening, distal to elbows ... • Cardiac: myocardial ... fibrosis, pericarditis ... #rheumatology #diagnosis ... #signs #symptoms
Constrictive Pericarditis on Echocardiogram
A 55-year-old female marathon runner presents to clinic w/ 6-months of worsening breathlessness
ASA, Kussmaul's sign ... circumferential pericardial effusion ... expiration not meeting diagnostic ... Echocardiogram #a4c ... #pocus #clinical
Constrictive Pericarditis on POCUS Echocardiogram - Apical 3-Chamber View

Young Lupus patient admitted to hospital new onset
on POCUS Echocardiogram ... you see on this SC ... has pericardial effusion ... with similar peri effusion ... Had diagnostic tap-fever
Clinical Features of Systemic Lupus (SLE)
General: Fever (50%), Depression, Fatigue (75%), Weight loss (50%)
Eye: Sjögrens (15%)
Skin
50%): Pleurisy / effusion ... syndromes Heart (25%): Pericarditis ... erythematosus #signs ... #symptoms #diagnosis
Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia - 21-Hydroxylase Deficiency - Signs and Symptoms
 • Brain: Androgenization effects, Glucocorticoid effects,
Hydroxylase Deficiency - Signs ... and Symptoms • ... Cardiovascular: Abnormal cardiac ... early epiphyseal fusion ... #Symptoms #diagnosis
Growth Hormone Excess - Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Acromegaly and gigantism share the same pathophysiology
to growth plate fusion ... after growth plate fusion ... Cardiovascular disease: • Cardiac ... Overproduction #diagnosis ... #signs #symptoms
Shock - Diagnosis and Management Summary
 • Hypotension: SBP<90, SBP drop >40, MAP<65 (Normotension, HTN possible
Shock - Diagnosis ... Full Set of Vital Signs ... Consider IL NS/LR infusion ... > Constrictive pericarditis ... Cardiac surgery?
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA): Extra-articular manifestations
Skin: 
 • Inflammation of skin (esp. over areas of stress) forms
of pericardium (Pericarditis ... pain, pleural effusion ... pathophysiology #signs ... #symptoms #diagnosis
SCAI Pyramid of Cardiogenic Shock Classification
E - Extremis - A patient experiencing cardiac arrest with ongoing
patient experiencing cardiac ... volume to restore perfusion ... currently experiencing signs ... or symptoms of ... Classification #ABCDEs #diagnosis
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
Typical symptoms ... Less Typical Symptoms ... un lymphatic Diagnostic ... bilateral pleural effusions ... Consider cardiac