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POCUS Echocardiography - Table of Cardiac Views and Windows
 • Parastemal Long-Axis View (PLAX)
 • Parasternal
of Cardiac Views ... • SSN: Color Flow ... #TTE #Echocardiogram ... #Heart #Windows ... Echocardiography #Cardiology
Pericardial Tamponade
Beck's Triad 
1. Hypotension 
2. Jugular venous distension 
3. Muffled heart sounds 
Patient will be
Pericardial Tamponade ... ECG will show low ... #Pericardial #Cardiac ... #Triad #Diagnosis ... #Cardiology
POCUS Pearls for Tamponade
- Pericardial Effusion
- Diastolic Right Ventricular Collapse
- Systolic Right Atrial Collapse
- Plethoric Inferior
POCUS Pearls for Tamponade ... @SAlerhand #Cardiac ... #Diagnosis #Evaluation ... #Cardiology #Effusion ... #Echocardiogram
Cardiac Rupture with Pericardial Effusion

Apical 4 chamber. Note larger right sided pericardial effusion with significant compression
Cardiac Rupture ... pericardial #effusion #tamponade ... MyocardialInfarction #AMI #POCUS #Echocardiogram ... #ultrasound #Cardiology ... #A4c #clinical
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 ... #Management #Cardiology
Decompensated Heart Failure Classification
Wet (volume overloaded) vs Dry (euvolemic) and Cold (low cardiac output) vs Warm
Decompensated Heart ... euvolemic) and Cold (low ... cardiac output) ... Classification #CHF #diagnosis ... #cardiology
Pericardial Tamponade in a Shock Patient

Watch how the heart collapses and struggles to beat in surrounding
Patient Watch how ... the heart collapses ... good enough at diagnosing ... Clinical #POCUS #Echocardiogram ... #Cardiac #Tamponade
Cardiac tamponade - a swinging heart of electrical alternans on Echocardiogram - PSAX

- Ivan Stankovic, MD,
Cardiac tamponade ... - a swinging heart ... Ivan_Echocardio #Cardiac ... #tamponade #electrical ... PSAX #clinical #cardiology
Causes of acute heart failure
 - Acute pressure overload (increased afterload, mechanical flow obstruction) 
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Causes of acute heart ... afterload, mechanical flow ... impairment - Cardiac ... Differential #Causes #Diagnosis ... #Cardiology
Complications Following Myocardial Infarction
Heart Failure - Ineffcient pumping of the heart.  Can be acute or
pumping of the heart ... rupture, Leading to cardiac ... tamponade. ... Myocardial #Infarction #Diagnosis ... #Cardiology