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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
RV Strain in Pulmonary Embolism on POCUS Echocardiogram

A patient is brought by EMS intubated and hypotensive.
Echocardiogram ... your next step in management ... massive embolus-->LV ... followed by 90mg iv infusion ... clinical #ultrasound #DSign
Myocarditis
Diagnosis 
• Endomyocardial biopsy (gold standard, rarely performed) 
• Clinical presentation 
• Cardiovascular MRI 
Clinical 
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Myocarditis Diagnosis ... Cardiovascular MRI ... Abnormal ECG, echocardiogram ... shock, sudden cardiac ... #Management #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
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
Hemopericardium and Cardiac Tamponade on POCUS Echocardiogram

Next best step for this 25yo male (SBP 70)?
Resolution: pericardiocentesis
Echocardiogram ... to definitive managemt ... #Tamponade #Effusion ... #POCUS #Echocardiogram ... #Pericardial #Cardiology