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Ascites, pericardial effusion, and left pleural effusion on subcostal 4-chamber POCUS echocardiogram

Subcostal window in SLE patient.
pleural effusion ... , left pleural effusion ... Labeled Schematic ... #s4c #POCUS #echocardiogram ... #ultrasound #cardiology
Pericardial effusion with signs of tamponade on POCUS Echocardiogram (S4c)
RA collapse= earliest sign. RV collapse =
Pericardial effusion ... with signs of tamponade ... = earliest sign. ... sensitive sonographic sign ... echocardiogram #cardiology
McConnell's Sign in RV Infarct
This patient arrived as a STEMI alert. Apical 4-chamber view showing a
McConnell's Sign ... sparing (McConnell's Sign ... McConnell's sign ... #McConnells #Sign ... #cardiology #anatomy
Air gap sign: loss of cardiac image during systole in Pneumopericardium
Interesting observation –loss of cardiac window
Air gap sign: loss ... Pneumopericardium #clinical #cardiology ... echocardiogram #a4c ... #plax #pocus #airgap ... #sign
McConnell's Sign on POCUS Echocardiogram

2 patients w/ different diagnoses.  Both demonstrate an apical 4-chamber view
McConnell's Sign ... with McConnell sign ... ) A McConnell sign ... #clinical #cardiology ... #a4c #labeled
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
More Specific Signs ... Less Specific Signs ... Chest x-ray: signs ... acute HF → no signs ... diagnosis #management #cardiology
Tamponade Masked in Pulmonary Hypertension

Signs of Tamponade can be masked by pulmonary hypertension! 1.2L drained. Read
Hypertension Signs ... ) #Clinical #POCUS ... #Cardiology #Echocardiogram ... #A4C #Cardiac #
Pneumopericardium on POCUS Echocardiogram

This 70yo male presents with sob. He is in a left lateral decub
Pneumopericardium on POCUS ... , no signs of tamponade ... repair-->cp/sob Labeled ... Echocardiogram #clinical #cardiology ... #pericardial #effusion
Constrictive Pericarditis on Echocardiogram
A 55-year-old female marathon runner presents to clinic w/ 6-months of worsening breathlessness
ASA, Kussmaul's sign ... circumferential pericardial effusion ... Echocardiogram #a4c ... #pocus #clinical ... #cardiology
Tropical Endomyocardial Fibrosis (EMF)
snrunken ventnoes
Hallmark chronic EMF features include:
 • Apical obliteration of the left and/or
overlying thrombus in cardiac ... MR (double V sign ... nonspecific symptoms • Signs ... disproportional ascites ... Fibrosis #EMF #cardiology