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POCUS Pearls for Tamponade
- Pericardial Effusion
- Diastolic Right Ventricular Collapse
- Systolic Right Atrial Collapse
- Plethoric Inferior
- Pericardial Effusion ... Tamponade #POCUS #Diagnosis ... #Evaluation #Cardiology ... #Effusion #Echocardiogram
MRI Brain Sequence Comparison: T1 vs T2 vs FLAIR
T1:
 - CSF is Dark
 - Grey Matter
MRI Brain Sequence ... Comparison: T1 ... T1 #T2 #FLAIR #MRI ... #clinical #radiology ... #diagnosis #neurology
X-ray limitations
It’s important to know the limitations of X-rays so we can correctly interpret them in
POCUS) to CT or MRI ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Limitations #Comparison
Evolution of stroke on CT and MRI. 

Day 1: NCHCT demonstrates obscure left insular cortex. No
stroke on CT and MRI ... show restricted diffusion ... abnormalities in the left MCA ... on T2-weighted MRI ... Timeline #Neurology #Radiology
Myocarditis
Diagnosis 
• Endomyocardial biopsy (gold standard, rarely performed) 
• Clinical presentation 
• Cardiovascular MRI 
Clinical 
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Myocarditis Diagnosis ... Cardiovascular MRI ... Abnormal ECG, echocardiogram ... #Myocarditis #Diagnosis ... #Management #Cardiology
Echocardiographic strategy to sorting type-I vs. type-II MI

Every single patient with a troponin elevation doesn't require
type-I vs. type-II MI ... doesn't require an echocardiogram ... type-1 and type-2 MI ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology ... #Echocardiogram
Appearance of Liver Lesions on Various Imaging Modalities
 • Computed Tomography (CT) - Arterial Phase, Portal
Resonance Imaging (MRI ... #Contrast #CT #MRI ... #POCUS #radiology ... #differential #diagnosis ... #comparison #table
POCUS - Measuring Cardiac Output
1) Calculate LVOT Area
2) Calculate LVOT VTI
3) Calculate Cardiac Output

SV = (LVOT
VTI) X HR CO (mL ... /min) = SV (mL/cycle ... Output #CO #POCUS #Echocardiogram ... #Measurement #cardiology ... #diagnosis
Differentiating type-I vs. type-II MI

Sorting this out is difficult, often relying heavily on clinical judgement.

A key
type-I vs. type-II MI ... give someone 500 mcg ... troponin of 0.7 ng/ml ... #Diagnosis #Myocardial ... Definition #NSTEMI #Comparison
Hemopericardium on POCUS Echocardiogram - Subcostal View

Valentine's day.  Shot through the heart--but not by Cupid.
Hemopericardium on POCUS Echocardiogram ... Diagnosis? ... Hemopericardium #POCUS #Echocardiogram ... S4C #clinical #cardiology ... #Pericardial #Effusion