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Constrictive Pericarditis on POCUS Echocardiogram - Subcostal View

Young Lupus patient admitted to hospital new onset HFpEF.
Pericarditis on POCUS Echocardiogram ... you see on this SC ... could pinpoint the cause ... #clinical #cardiology ... #s4C #SeptalBounce
Causes of SVC Syndrome - Differential Diagnosis Framework
 • Benign (15-40%): Thrombosis (aka catheter-associated), Goiter, Fibrosing
Causes of SVC Syndrome ... - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... Medicine @SCVMCMed #SVC ... #Diagnosis #Superior
Shock - Differential Diagnosis Framework
MAP = CO x SVR
Hypovolemic (↓ Intravascular volume):
 • Hemorrhage, dehydration due
Shock - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... findings based on cause ... uw_IMresidency #Shock #Differential ... #Diagnosis #table
Kussmaul's #sign is the paradoxical increase or failure to fall of mean #JVP with inspiration. Commonest
fall of mean #JVP ... Commonest cause ... and even SVC obstruction ... #Kussmauls #PhysicalExam ... #clinical #cardiology
Wide Complex Tachycardia - ECG Definition and Causes
 • Wide Complex Tachycardia (WCT) is a cardiac
QRS width ≥ 0.12 sec ... Tachycardia #WCT #diagnosis ... #cardiology #ekg ... electrocardiogram #definition #differential ... #causes
Mediastinal Widening - Differential Diagnosis

 • Vascular: Aortic dissection, Aortic anourysm, Enlarged pulmonary arteries, Venous or
Mediastinal Widening - Differential ... Diagnosis • ... ex: duplicated SVC ... Nodule / mass • Masses ... #radiology
Constrictive Pericarditis on Echocardiogram
A 55-year-old female marathon runner presents to clinic w/ 6-months of worsening breathlessness
Pericarditis on Echocardiogram ... 100/82, HR 74, JVP ... velocity of 9.5 cm/sec ... expiration not meeting diagnostic ... #cardiology
Supraventricular Tachycardia Differential Diagnosis
Sinus Tachycardia
Sinus Node Re-entry Tachycardia
Unifocal Atrial Tachycardia
Junctional Tachycardia
Multifocal Atrial Tachycardia (MAT)

- EB Medicine
Supraventricular Tachycardia Differential ... Diagnosis Sinus ... #Tachycardia #Differential ... #Diagnosis #causes ... #svt #cardiology
Kussmaul's sign in Constrictive Pericarditis 

A 50-year-old woman with a remote history of mediastinal lymphoma (age
you evaluate her JVP ... the underlying diagnosis ... Causes = RV failure ... Kussmauls #Sign #PhysicalExam ... Pericarditis #Cardiology
CAVITY – a useful mnemonic for the causes of a cavitating lung mass.

C = cancer
mnemonic for the causes ... most frequently SCC ... most frequently SCC ... bronchogenic cyst #Diagnosis ... Cavitary #Lesions #Differential