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POCUS Pearls for Tamponade
- Pericardial Effusion
- Diastolic Right Ventricular Collapse
- Systolic Right Atrial Collapse
- Plethoric Inferior
POCUS Pearls for ... @SAlerhand #Cardiac ... #Diagnosis #Evaluation ... #Cardiology #Effusion ... #Echocardiogram
Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump (IABP)

Intra-aortic balloon counter-pulsation is a method of invasive hemodynamic support. A catheter is
sync with the cardiac ... afterload & increases LV ... The thick-walled LV ... Balloon #Pump #diagnosis ... #management #cardiology
Pulmonary Embolism on POCUS Echocardiogram

Mid 30's female with chest pain/dyspnea.  Triage EKG (no prior).
Echocardiogram ... Sister had MI in ... Differential/diagnosis ... #Echocardiogram ... A4c #clinical #cardiology
ASE Echocardiography Guidelines for Chamber Quantification of the Left Heart
 - LV Dimensions
 - LV Volumes
- LV Mass - Perfusion ... - LA Volume - Aortic ... Quantification #cardiology ... #pocus #diagnosis ... #LV #POCUS
Mechanical Complications in Acute Myocardial Infarction
Acute LV/RV Dysfunction:
 • Regional wall motion, systolic and diastolic function,
Large pericardial effusion ... expanding pericardial effusion ... poor prognostic signs ... Infarction #acuteMI #cardiology ... #differential #diagnosis
Echocardiographic criteria of LV Non-compaction
Chin Criteria (1990):
 • Absence of any other coexisting cardiac structural abnormality
Echocardiographic criteria of LV ... other coexisting cardiac ... Echocardiography #Echocardiogram ... #Jenni #Chin #cardiology ... #diagnosis
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
Signs of poor perfusion ... Signs of congestion ... may benefit from LV ... Cardiac cath if ... treatment #table #foamed
Constrictive Pericarditis on Echocardiogram
A 55-year-old female marathon runner presents to clinic w/ 6-months of worsening breathlessness
ASA, Kussmaul's sign ... circumferential pericardial effusion ... expiration not meeting diagnostic ... #a4c #pocus #clinical ... #cardiology
Graphic representation of transthoracic echocardiographic parameters in the assessment of right ventricular pressure overload. A′ = peak late
acceleration time; Ao = aorta ... = left atrium; LV ... with basal RV/LV ... cmls) #TTE #Echocardiogram ... Transthoracic #Diagnosis
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
of the resting cardiac ... of Systole, the LV ... #diagnosis #algorithm ... #cardiology #echocardiogram ... #criticalcare #foamed