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Shock Classification and Differential Diagnosis
SHOCK
 • MAP <65, SBP <90, drop in SBP > 40
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and Differential Diagnosis ... CO / High SVR, JVP ... CO / High SVR, JVP ... Pneumothorax, Cardiac ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Shock - Differential Diagnosis Framework
MAP = CO x SVR
Hypovolemic (↓ Intravascular volume):
 • Hemorrhage, dehydration due
- Differential Diagnosis ... Cardiogenic (Intra-cardiac ... Obstructive (Extra-cardiac ... → tension PTX, cardiac ... #Differential #Diagnosis
POCUS Echocardiography - Table of Cardiac Views and Windows
 • Parastemal Long-Axis View (PLAX)
 • Parasternal
Echocardiography - Table of Cardiac ... • Subcostal (SC ... -Chamber View (A4C ... Anatomy #POCUS #Cardiac ... #TTE #Echocardiogram
Constrictive Pericarditis on Echocardiogram
A 55-year-old female marathon runner presents to clinic w/ 6-months of worsening breathlessness
Pericarditis on Echocardiogram ... 100/82, HR 74, JVP ... transthoracic echocardiogram ... velocity of 9.5 cm/sec ... expiration not meeting diagnostic
Cardiac Rupture with Pericardial Effusion

Apical 4 chamber. Note larger right sided pericardial effusion with significant compression
Cardiac Rupture ... concerning for cardiac ... Shortly after had cardiac ... MyocardialInfarction #AMI #POCUS #Echocardiogram ... ultrasound #Cardiology #A4c
Echo Parameters for Differential Diagnosis in Cardiac Amyloidosis
GLS
GCS
GRS
EFSR
RELAPS
SAB

#Echocardiogram #Parameters #echocardiography #Cardiac #Amyloidosis #diagnosis
for Differential Diagnosis ... in Cardiac Amyloidosis ... RELAPS SAB #Echocardiogram ... echocardiography #Cardiac ... #Amyloidosis #diagnosis
Restrictive Cardiomyopathy - Diagnosis and Causes
Clinical: Dyspnea, Exercise Intolerance, ↑ "Right Sided-Symptoms" (ascites, hepatomegaly, ↑↑peripheral edema)
Physical
Cardiomyopathy - Diagnosis ... Physical Exam: ↑JVP ... Descents, Rales,+S4 ... Echocardiography, Cardiac ... MRI, Cardiac Catheterization
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 ... shock, sudden cardiac ... #Myocarditis #Diagnosis
Echocardiogram images with outlined regional wall motion abnormality territories of A) PSLAX B) PSAX, and C)
Echocardiogram images ... ) PSAX, and C) A4C ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology ... #POCUS #Echocardiogram
Shock - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Warm Extremities
 - Distributive Shock - Low JVP
- Differential Diagnosis ... Distributive Shock - Low JVP ... Pneumothorax • Cardiac ... #Differential #Diagnosis