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Constrictive Pericarditis on POCUS Echocardiogram - Subcostal View

Young Lupus patient admitted to hospital new onset HFpEF.
on POCUS Echocardiogram ... Also has pericardial ... effusion/pericardial ... #CP #POCUS #Echocardiogram ... clinical #cardiology #s4C
Constrictive Pericarditis on POCUS Echocardiogram - Apical 3-Chamber View

Young Lupus patient admitted to hospital new onset
on POCUS Echocardiogram ... you see on this SC ... effusion/pericardial ... Had diagnostic tap-fever ... #CP #POCUS #Echocardiogram
Cardiac Rupture with Pericardial Effusion

Apical 4 chamber. Note larger right sided pericardial effusion with significant compression
with Pericardial ... Shortly after had ... #pericardial #effusion ... MyocardialInfarction #AMI #POCUS #Echocardiogram ... ultrasound #Cardiology #A4c
Constrictive Pericarditis on Echocardiogram
A 55-year-old female marathon runner presents to clinic w/ 6-months of worsening breathlessness
on Echocardiogram ... She had gained 15 ... circumferential pericardial ... effusion. ... expiration not meeting diagnostic
Hemopericardium on POCUS Echocardiogram - Subcostal View

Valentine's day.  Shot through the heart--but not by Cupid.
Hemopericardium on POCUS Echocardiogram ... Diagnosis? ... Also on eFAST had ... #S4C #clinical ... #Effusion #Trauma
Malignant Pericardial Effusion and Tamponade on POCUS Echocardiogram - A4C
CA patient with known pericardial effusion who
on POCUS Echocardiogram ... Last had TTE 3 days ... Pt was denying CP ... #Cardiac #POCUS ... #clinical #Echocardiogram
Pericardial Tamponade in a Shock Patient

Watch how the heart collapses and struggles to beat in surrounding
good enough at diagnosing ... -Sam Ghali @EM_RESUS ... Clinical #POCUS #Echocardiogram ... #Cardiac #Tamponade ... #Pericardial #Effusion
Causes of Acute Pericarditis:

Infectious;

Viral: 
Adenovirus 
Coxsackie virus A and B 
Echovirus 
Epstein-Barr virus 
Hepatitis 
Human immunodeficiency
Causes of Acute Pericarditis ... injury Cardiac ... injury (e.g., cardiac ... sac) Chylopericardium ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Pericardial Consistency Comparison on POCUS - Blood, Fat, Pus and Serous

Unclotted blood remains anechoic around clotted
Fat pad has echoes ... independently from cardiac ... #Pericardial #Effusion ... #POCUS #Table #Echocardiogram ... #S4C
RV wall perforation from pacer wire on POCUS

Patient with severe chest pain since last night. SC
effusion present ... Diagnosis: RV wall ... Pacemaker #POCUS #echocardiogram ... #clinical #s4c ... #effusion #pericardial