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Kussmaul's sign in Constrictive Pericarditis 

A 50-year-old woman with a remote history of mediastinal lymphoma (age
in Constrictive Pericarditis ... blue marks on her chest ... Causes = RV failure ... Clinical #Neck #JVP #Jugular ... #Cardiology
Pulmonary Embolism on POCUS Echocardiogram

Mid 30's female with chest pain/dyspnea.  Triage EKG (no prior).
's female with chest ... RV, McConnell's sign ... Echocardiogram #A4c ... #clinical #cardiology ... #McConnells #sign
Calcifications Around the Heart on Chest XRay
Case #1: This appearance is typical of pericardial calcification &
Around the Heart on Chest ... / constrictive pericarditis ... Case #2: The "tubular ... Calcifications #Heart #Chest ... #cardiology #clinical
Kussmaul's Sign and Friedreich's Sign on Neck Examination

A middle-aged M with unknown PMH presents with dyspnea.
Kussmaul's Sign ... the skin (middle chest ... the underlying cause ... = constrictive pericarditis ... Clinical #Video #Cardiology
McConnell's Sign on POCUS Echocardiogram

2 patients w/ different diagnoses.  Both demonstrate an apical 4-chamber view
on POCUS Echocardiogram ... infarct or acute chest ... #POCUS #Echocardiogram ... #clinical #cardiology ... #a4c #labeled
Palpitations - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
• It is an unpleasant awareness or sensation that the heart is
flip-flopping in the chest ... • Rapid and regular ... tachycardia • Pericarditis ... Flag Symptoms: • Chest ... #Palpitations #Cardiology
Authors: Mark M. Ramzy, DO, EMT-P (@MarkRamzyDO, EM Resident Physician, Drexel University, Department of Emergency Medicine)
of breath and chest ... Vital signs: BP ... This post will focus ... Most commonly caused ... #Radiology #CTChest