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Cardiac Rupture with Pericardial Effusion

Apical 4 chamber. Note larger right sided pericardial effusion with significant compression
Cardiac Rupture ... #Cardiac #pericardial ... #effusion #tamponade ... MyocardialInfarction #AMI ... #Cardiology #A4c
Malignant Pericardial Effusion causing Cardiac Tamponade on Echocardiogram (A4c)
Hypotensive + respiratory distress. At first glance you
Malignant Pericardial ... (A4c) Hypotensive ... tamponade! ... #ultrasound #a4c ... echocardiogram #POCUS #cardiology
Pericardial Tamponade
Beck's Triad 
1. Hypotension 
2. Jugular venous distension 
3. Muffled heart sounds 
Patient will be
Pericardial Tamponade ... of dyspnea and chest ... diastolic collapse of RV ... #Cardiac #Tamponade ... Triad #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Malignant Pericardial Effusion causing Cardiac Tamponade on Echocardiogram (S4c)
Hypotensive + respiratory distress. At first glance you
Malignant Pericardial ... (S4c) Hypotensive ... tamponade! ... #ultrasound #s4c ... echocardiogram #POCUS #cardiology
Hemorrhagic Pericardial Effusion with Tamponade on POCUS

In an unstable pt w/ chest trauma, subxiphoid view FIRST!

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Hemorrhagic Pericardial ... unstable pt w/ chest ... #Cardiac #POCUS ... #cardiology #clinical ... #s4c #trauma
Mechanical Complications in Acute Myocardial Infarction
Acute LV/RV Dysfunction:
 • Regional wall motion, systolic and diastolic function,
Infarction Acute LV/RV ... • Features of tamponade ... HTN and LV/RV dysfunction ... inferior or lateral MI ... Infarction #acuteMI #cardiology
Intraoperative Cardiac Free Wall Rupture
Free wall rupture...yes we can save them
Following a syncope event, a 72-y
Intraoperative Cardiac ... no history of cardiac ... the OR for post MI ... crash into the chest ... were evacuated (tamponade