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Constrictive Pericarditis on POCUS Echocardiogram - Subcostal View

Young Lupus patient admitted to hospital new onset HFpEF.
on POCUS Echocardiogram ... has pericardial effusion ... Also had medial ... Echocardiogram #clinical ... #cardiology #s4C
Constrictive Pericarditis on Echocardiogram
A 55-year-old female marathon runner presents to clinic w/ 6-months of worsening breathlessness
edema, and clear lungs ... circumferential pericardial effusion ... expiration not meeting diagnostic ... Echocardiogram #a4c #pocus ... #clinical #cardiology
Constrictive Pericarditis on POCUS Echocardiogram - Apical 3-Chamber View

Young Lupus patient admitted to hospital new onset
on POCUS Echocardiogram ... has pericardial effusion ... Had diagnostic tap-fever ... Echocardiogram #clinical ... #cardiology #A3C
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
and Management ... absence of intrinsic lung ... shunt (Type 2) Clinical ... on radioactive lung ... no established medical
Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension (CTEPH) and Pulmonary Thromboendarterectomy
Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension
Definition: mean pulmonary-artery pressure > 25mmHg
arteriopathy with • Medial ... Plexiform-lesion formation Clinical ... lung scanning showing ... procedure: • Median ... #management
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
diagnosis but rather ... fatigue, altered mental ... establishing a diagnosis ... #algorithm #management ... #cardiology #treatment
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
Fraction (HFrEF) Clinical ... : weight gain, lung ... HFrEF may lack lung ... bilateral pleural effusions ... #management #cardiology
Local Anaesthetic Toxicity - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Signs of severe toxicity:
 • Sudden alteration in
alteration in mental ... inform immediate clinical ... ensure adequate lung ... Intraoperative #Checklist #Diagnosis ... #Management #Workup
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
event, follow ACC algorithm ... Change in clinical ... unless prior heart/lung ... and surgical management ... stratification #diagnosis
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
our friends from Cardiology ... Cardiology cannot ... time for coronary perfusion ... #diagnosis #algorithm ... #management #clinical