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Abnormal Jugular Venous Pressure Waveforms - Differential Diagnosis
 - Absent a wave - Atrial fibrillation, sinus
- Differential Diagnosis ... myxoma, pulmonary ... septal defect ... Absent y descent - Cardiac ... Jugular #Waveforms #JVP
Constrictive Pericarditis on Echocardiogram
A 55-year-old female marathon runner presents to clinic w/ 6-months of worsening breathlessness
100/82, HR 74, JVP ... velocity of 9.5 cm/sec ... expiration not meeting diagnostic ... Echocardiogram #a4c ... pocus #clinical #cardiology
Left Atrial Myxoma on POCUS Echocardiogram - S4C view
Adult female having fatigue/DOE. Attributes to deconditioning. Starts
Left Atrial Myxoma ... Echocardiogram - S4C ... Final diagnosis-left ... atrial myxoma. ... #S4C
Huge right atrial myxoma on POCUS Echocardiogram

Notice the typical attachment to the inter-atrial septum (fossa ovalis)
myxoma on POCUS ... septum (fossa ovalis ... #myxoma #POCUS ... Echocardiogram #clinical #cardiology ... #s4c #ultrasound
Constrictive Pericarditis on POCUS Echocardiogram - Apical 3-Chamber View

Young Lupus patient admitted to hospital new onset
you see on this SC ... Note the septal ... Had diagnostic tap-fever ... Echocardiogram #clinical #cardiology ... #A3C #SeptalBounce
Constrictive Pericarditis on Echocardiogram

Patient was referred to cardiology for evaluation of dyspnea. JVP was enough to
Constrictive Pericarditis ... JVP was enough to ... diagnose CP, prominent ... Septal bounce clearly ... #a4c
Cardiac Tamponade on POCUS
Hypotension in trauma is not always due to hypovolemia. This was a great
Cardiac Tamponade ... benefits of POCUS in diagnosing ... for definitive management ... ultrasound #trauma #cardiology ... #s4c
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
erythema nodosum (septal ... Vascular Disease: Arterial ... Venous disease (SVC ... thrombosis, VTE) • Cardiac ... #management #signs
Fluid Responsiveness and Fluid Tolerance Testing - OnePager Summary
Fluid resuscitation can be beneficial when required or
quickly (30-90 sec ... reservoir of ~300 ml ... CO during a 15 sec ... Tolerance #testing #diagnosis ... comparison #challenges #management
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
procedure • Cardiac ... Libman Sacks) • Atrial ... myxoma • Hypercoagulable ... Glomerulonephritis Septic ... #management #cardiology