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POCUS Pearls for Tamponade
- Pericardial Effusion
- Diastolic Right Ventricular Collapse
- Systolic Right Atrial Collapse
- Plethoric Inferior
Diastolic Right Ventricular ... Collapse - Plethoric Inferior ... Diagnosis #Evaluation #Cardiology ... Echocardiogram #Ultrasound
Systolic Anterior Motion (SAM) of the Mitral Valve (MV)

Systolic anterior motion (SAM) describes the dynamic movement
Systolic Anterior ... MV) Systolic anterior ... during systole anteriorly ... towards the left ventricular ... MitralValve #MV #Cardiology
It starts as sinus rhythm with probable inferior STEMI, but becomes ventricular fibrillation (or polymorphic ventricular
with probable inferior ... STEMI, but becomes ventricular ... or polymorphic ventricular ... #Clinical #EM #Cardiology
D-Sign on Ultrasound
Right Ventricular Pressure vs Volume Overload
Eccentricity Index (EI) = D2/D1
RV Overload “D Sign” EI
D-Sign on Ultrasound ... Right Ventricular ... Pocus101 #DSign #Ultrasound ... psax #diagnosis #cardiology
POCUS Pearls for Tamponade
- Pericardial Effusion
- Diastolic Right Ventricular Collapse
- Systolic Right Atrial Collapse
- Plethoric Inferior
Diastolic Right Ventricular ... Collapse - Plethoric Inferior ... Diagnosis #Evaluation #Cardiology
Mechanical Complications in Acute Myocardial Infarction
Acute LV/RV Dysfunction:
 • Regional wall motion, systolic and diastolic function,
Ventricular Free ... • Typically anterior ... infarct Ventricular ... frequently with anterior ... Infarction #acuteMI #cardiology
Right heart dysfunction and failure in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: mechanisms and management 
Source:
assessment of right ventricular ... area change; IVC, inferior ... atrium; RIMP, right ventricular ... ; RVEDD, right ventricular ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Acute and long-term complications of acute STEMI
Acute and long-term complications of acute myocardial infarction are summarized
Ventricular tachycardia ... and ventricular ... tachycardia and ventricular ... especially with inferior ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology
POCUS Echocardiography - Table of Cardiac Views and Windows
 • Parastemal Long-Axis View (PLAX)
 • Parasternal
View • Right Ventricular ... View (A4C) • Inferior ... Axis • Right Ventricular ... Echocardiography #Cardiology
Ebstein's Anomaly on Echocardiogram

• Failure of the TV to "de-laminate" from the RV
• An abnormality of
LV & MV • Ventricular ... universal • Anterior ... POCUS #clinical #cardiology