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Calcifications Around the Heart on Chest XRay
Case #1: This appearance is typical of pericardial calcification &
on Chest XRay Case ... associated w/ constrictive ... myocardium from an old ... #Chest #XRay #CXR ... #clinical
Kussmaul's sign in Constrictive Pericarditis 

A 50-year-old woman with a remote history of mediastinal lymphoma (age
A 50-year-old ... blue marks on her chest ... There is an extra heart ... PhysicalExam #Video #Clinical ... Pericarditis #Cardiology
Constrictive Pericarditis on Echocardiogram
A 55-year-old female marathon runner presents to clinic w/ 6-months of worsening breathlessness
runner presents to clinic ... ASA, Kussmaul's sign ... to workup right-heart ... Echocardiogram #a4c #pocus ... #clinical #cardiology
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
Heart failure with ... Fraction (HFrEF) Clinical ... Chest x-ray: signs ... Consider right heart ... diagnosis #management #cardiology
McConnell's Sign on POCUS Echocardiogram - PSAX
Positive McConnell's Sign (hypokinetic RV with apical sparing) indicates acute
on POCUS Echocardiogram ... indicates acute right heart ... infarct & acute chest ... #PSAX #clinical ... #cardiology #labeled
McConnell's Sign on POCUS Echocardiogram

2 patients w/ different diagnoses.  Both demonstrate an apical 4-chamber view
on POCUS Echocardiogram ... from acute right heart ... infarct or acute chest ... #POCUS #Echocardiogram ... #clinical #cardiology
Pectus excavatum
In patients with a pectus excavatum the right heart border can be ill-defined, but this
excavatum the right heart ... border can be ill-defined ... produces a silhouette sign ... of the anterior chest ... #Clinical #Radiology
Authors: Mark M. Ramzy, DO, EMT-P (@MarkRamzyDO, EM Resident Physician, Drexel University, Department of Emergency Medicine)
Vital signs: BP ... This patient’s clinical ... exam findings and clinical ... wall, a chest x-ray ... #Radiology #CTChest