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Relevant Sonopathology of the Parasternal Long Axis (PLAX) - Point of Care Ultrasound
 - Right Ventricular
Failure - Aortic ... - Pericardial Effusion ... Failure Infographic ... @emspocus #Diagnosis ... #POCUS #Echocardiogram
Pediatric Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Stridor:
 • Croup
 • Foreign Body
 • Tracheitis
 • Epiglottitis
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Pediatric Dyspnea ... - Differential Diagnosis ... • Congestive Heart ... Failure • Bronchiolitis ... Body • Pleural Effusion
Hemopericardium on POCUS Echocardiogram - Subcostal View

Valentine's day.  Shot through the heart--but not by Cupid.
Echocardiogram ... Shot through the heart ... Diagnosis? ... #S4C #clinical ... #Pericardial #Effusion
POCUS Echocardiography - Table of Cardiac Views and Windows
 • Parastemal Long-Axis View (PLAX)
 • Parasternal
POCUS Echocardiography ... - Table of Cardiac ... #Cardiac #TTE #Echocardiogram ... #Heart #Windows ... Map #Comparison #Table
Myocarditis
Diagnosis 
• Endomyocardial biopsy (gold standard, rarely performed) 
• Clinical presentation 
• Cardiovascular MRI 
Clinical 
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Myocarditis Diagnosis ... tachycardia • S3, S4 ... Abnormal ECG, echocardiogram ... failure • Elevated ... failure therapy
Constrictive Pericarditis on Echocardiogram
A 55-year-old female marathon runner presents to clinic w/ 6-months of worsening breathlessness
to workup right-heart ... failure. ... circumferential pericardial effusion ... expiration not meeting diagnostic ... #a4c #pocus #clinical
Pericardial Consistency Comparison on POCUS - Blood, Fat, Pus and Serous

Unclotted blood remains anechoic around clotted
Comparison on POCUS ... move with the heart ... Serous effusion ... #Table #Echocardiogram ... #S4C
Echocardiography
Right ventricular function can be assessed using several methods and echocardiography is generally the first‐line tool
first‐line tool (Figure ... mortality and heart ... failure hospitalizations ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology ... #POCUS #Echocardiogram
Pericardial Tamponade in a Shock Patient

Watch how the heart collapses and struggles to beat in surrounding
Watch how the heart ... good enough at diagnosing ... EM_RESUS #Clinical #POCUS ... #Echocardiogram ... #Pericardial #Effusion
Bacterial Constrictive Pericarditis on POCUS Echocardiogram
Presented with heart failure sx, required subxyphoid drain and antibiotics
Note ventricular
Pericarditis on POCUS ... Echocardiogram ... Presented with heart ... failure sx, required ... bounce and complex effusion