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Constrictive Pericarditis on POCUS Echocardiogram - Subcostal View

Young Lupus patient admitted to hospital new onset HFpEF.
Echocardiogram ... you see on this SC ... could pinpoint the cause ... #clinical #cardiology ... #s4C #SeptalBounce
Kussmaul's #sign is the paradoxical increase or failure to fall of mean #JVP with inspiration. Commonest
fall of mean #JVP ... failure, right sided cardiac ... SVC obstruction ... #Kussmauls #PhysicalExam ... #clinical #cardiology
POCUS Echocardiography - Table of Cardiac Views and Windows
 • Parastemal Long-Axis View (PLAX)
 • Parasternal
• Subcostal (SC ... Inferior Vena Cava (SC ... View (A5C) • SC ... Echocardiogram # ... Echocardiography #Cardiology
POCUS - Measuring Cardiac Output
1) Calculate LVOT Area
2) Calculate LVOT VTI
3) Calculate Cardiac Output

SV = (LVOT
POCUS - Measuring ... CO (mL/min) = SV ... #Echocardiogram ... #Measurement #cardiology ... #diagnosis
Ventricular Fibrillation on POCUS Echocardiogram (S4C)
Can be missed on cardiac monitor - another reason to echo
Echocardiogram ... (S4C) Can be missed ... on cardiac monitor ... #S4C #clinical ... #cardiology
Fine Ventricular Fibrillation on POCUS Echocardiogram

Male, witnessed cardiac arrest.

- Dr. Robert Jones @RJonesSonoEM

#Ventricular #Fibrillation #VFib #POCUS
Fibrillation on POCUS ... Echocardiogram ... Male, witnessed cardiac ... #clinical #cardiology ... #s4c
Wide Complex Tachycardia - ECG Definition and Causes
 • Wide Complex Tachycardia (WCT) is a cardiac
Definition and Causes ... Tachycardia (WCT) is a cardiac ... QRS width ≥ 0.12 sec ... Tachycardia #WCT #diagnosis ... #cardiology #ekg
Hemopericardium on POCUS Echocardiogram - Subcostal View

Valentine's day.  Shot through the heart--but not by Cupid.
Hemopericardium on POCUS ... Echocardiogram ... Diagnosis? ... #S4C #clinical ... #cardiology #ultrasound
Constrictive Pericarditis on Echocardiogram
A 55-year-old female marathon runner presents to clinic w/ 6-months of worsening breathlessness
100/82, HR 74, JVP ... velocity of 9.5 cm/sec ... expiration not meeting diagnostic ... #a4c #pocus #clinical ... #cardiology
Restrictive Cardiomyopathy - Diagnosis and Causes
Clinical: Dyspnea, Exercise Intolerance, ↑ "Right Sided-Symptoms" (ascites, hepatomegaly, ↑↑peripheral edema)
Physical
Cardiomyopathy - Diagnosis ... and Causes Clinical ... Physical Exam: ↑JVP ... Descents, Rales,+S4 ... #cardiology #algorithm