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Constrictive Pericarditis on POCUS Echocardiogram - Apical 3-Chamber View

Young Lupus patient admitted to hospital new onset
could pinpoint the cause ... Also has pericardial ... diagnostic tap-fever ... #clinical #cardiology ... #A3C #SeptalBounce
Severe Left Atrial Enlargement on Echocardiogram
Have you ever seen a left atrium this big!?!? 
LA diameter
Enlargement on Echocardiogram ... Have you ever ... Enlargement #Severe #Cardiology ... #Echocardiogram ... Clinical #POCUS #A4C
Constrictive Pericarditis on POCUS Echocardiogram - Subcostal View

Young Lupus patient admitted to hospital new onset HFpEF.
could pinpoint the cause ... Also has pericardial ... one month ago-pt never ... #clinical #cardiology ... #s4C #SeptalBounce
Causes of Pericardial Effusion - Differential Diagnosis
Infectious:
 • Viral: Enterovirus, Herpesvirus, Adenovirus, Parvovirus
 • Bacterial: Mycobacterium
Causes of Pericardial ... Mediterranean Fever ... Lymphoma, Leukemia, Pericardial ... Differential #Diagnosis #Causes ... #cardiology
Systolic Murmurs - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Benign / Flow / Hyperdynamic:
 • Pregnancy
 • Fever
 • Anemia
Supravalvular
Pregnancy • Fever ... • Rheumatic Fever ... • Rheumatic Fever ... • Rheumatic Fever ... Systolic #Murmurs #Cardiology
McConnell's Sign on POCUS Echocardiogram (A4C)
Elderly female with recent hospitalization presented with hypotension, tachycardia and low
Sign on POCUS Echocardiogram ... (A4C) Elderly female ... and low grade fever ... #Sign #POCUS #Echocardiogram ... #A4C #cardiology
Arrhythmias - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
May present as: palpitations, dizziness, syncope, chest discomfort
Cardiac Causes:
 - Structural
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Anemia • Fever ... #Arrhythmias #Cardiology ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #causes
Hemorrhagic Pericardial Effusions (Hemopericardium)- Differential Diagnosis Framework

IATROGENIC DISEASE
Secondary to invasive cardiac procedures

NONIATROGENIC
• Malignancy (e.g., metastatic spread:
Hemorrhagic Pericardial ... OTHER RARE CAUSES ... Mediterranean fever ... #Hemorrhagic #Pericardial ... Differential #Diagnosis #cardiology
Evaluation of suspected incomplete Kawasaki Disease

1. AHA consensus recommendations
2. Infants ≤6 months old on day ≥7
old on day ≥7 of fever ... purposes of this algorithm ... regurgitation, pericardial ... within 10 d of fever ... Diagnosis #Peds #Pediatrics
Pericardial Lymphoma on POCUS Echocardiogram

“Anaconda inside pericardial cavity” - Pericardial effusion with mass inside in a
on POCUS Echocardiogram ... mass inside in a case ... of pediatric lymphoma ... Lymphoma #POCUS #Echocardiogram ... #clinical #cardiology