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Hemopericardium on POCUS Echocardiogram - Subcostal View

Valentine's day.  Shot through the heart--but not by Cupid.
Hemopericardium ... on POCUS Echocardiogram ... Pericardial window ... #POCUS #Echocardiogram ... clinical #cardiology #ultrasound
D-Sign on Ultrasound
Right Ventricular Pressure vs Volume Overload
Eccentricity Index (EI) = D2/D1
RV Overload “D Sign” EI
D-Sign on Ultrasound ... RV Overload “D Sign ... ” EI > 1 - POCUS ... #Ultrasound #echocardiogram ... diagnosis #cardiology #pocus
Type A Dissection on POCUS (PLAX view)

39 yo M w CP drops his BP in ED.
Dissection on POCUS ... dissection with hemopericardium ... Aortic #Aorta #Echocardiogram ... PLAX #Clinical #Ultrasound ... #POCUS #Hemopericardium
Ascites, pericardial effusion, and left pleural effusion on subcostal 4-chamber POCUS echocardiogram

Subcostal window in SLE patient.
Ascites, pericardial ... subcostal 4-chamber POCUS ... echocardiogram ... #echocardiogram ... #ultrasound #cardiology
Hemopericardium on POCUS after Stab Wound

Stab wound to chest:
Blood clot ==> echos. 
Hemopericardium ==> Easily Missed
Hemopericardium ... on POCUS after Stab ... - VCU Ultrasound ... #POCUS #echocardiogram ... hemorrhagic #effusion #pericardial
POCUS Pearls for Tamponade
- Pericardial Effusion
- Diastolic Right Ventricular Collapse
- Systolic Right Atrial Collapse
- Plethoric Inferior
POCUS Pearls for ... Tamponade - Pericardial ... Cardiac #Tamponade #POCUS ... Cardiology #Effusion #Echocardiogram ... #Ultrasound
Hemopericardium on POCUS Echocardiogram after Stab Wound
Young adult stab to left chest. BP 116/64, HR 108.
Hemopericardium ... on POCUS Echocardiogram ... large amount of pericardial ... #POCUS #Echocardiogram ... #clinical #ultrasound
TypeA Aortic Dissection on POCUS Echocardiogram

80yo F presents with CP&SOB after syncope. BP 91/62, HR81, O2sat
Dissection on POCUS ... Echocardiogram ... Dissection with hemopericardium ... #Echocardiogram ... #Clinical #Ultrasound
Hemopericardium and Cardiac Tamponade on POCUS Echocardiogram

Next best step for this 25yo male (SBP 70)?
Resolution: pericardiocentesis
Cardiac Tamponade on POCUS ... Echocardiogram ... Tamponade #Effusion #POCUS ... #Echocardiogram ... #clinical #Pericardial
Cardiac Rupture with Pericardial Effusion

Apical 4 chamber. Note larger right sided pericardial effusion with significant compression
Cardiac Rupture with Pericardial ... larger right sided pericardial ... MyocardialInfarction #AMI #POCUS ... #Echocardiogram ... #ultrasound #Cardiology