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Constrictive Pericarditis on POCUS Echocardiogram - Subcostal View

Young Lupus patient admitted to hospital new onset HFpEF.
Constrictive Pericarditis ... you see on this SC ... Also has pericardial ... Constrictive pericarditis-dx ... #s4C #SeptalBounce
Constrictive Pericarditis on POCUS Echocardiogram - Apical 3-Chamber View

Young Lupus patient admitted to hospital new onset
Constrictive Pericarditis ... you see on this SC ... can be seen in tamponade ... Had diagnostic tap-fever ... #A3C #SeptalBounce
Hemorrhagic Pericardial Effusion with Tamponade on POCUS

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

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Hemorrhagic Pericardial ... Effusion with Tamponade ... #Cardiac #POCUS ... #cardiology #clinical ... #s4c #trauma
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
Constrictive Pericarditis on Echocardiogram
A 55-year-old female marathon runner presents to clinic w/ 6-months of worsening breathlessness
Constrictive Pericarditis ... circumferential pericardial ... velocity of 9.5 cm/sec ... expiration not meeting diagnostic ... Echocardiogram #a4c
Causes of Acute Pericarditis:

Infectious;

Viral: 
Adenovirus 
Coxsackie virus A and B 
Echovirus 
Epstein-Barr virus 
Hepatitis 
Human immunodeficiency
injury Cardiac ... injury (e.g., cardiac ... Blunt chest trauma ... sac) Chylopericardium ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Right-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac Causes - Rule out Left-Sided Heart Failure (Most Common):
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Cardiac ... • Constrictive ... Pericarditis ... • Pericardial Tamponade
Cardiac Tamponade on POCUS
Hypotension in trauma is not always due to hypovolemia. This was a great
Cardiac Tamponade ... Hypotension in trauma ... benefits of POCUS in diagnosing ... cardiac tamponade ... #cardiology #s4c
Hemopericardium on POCUS Echocardiogram - Subcostal View

Valentine's day.  Shot through the heart--but not by Cupid.
Pericardial window ... Diagnosis? ... Echocardiogram #S4C ... #clinical #cardiology ... #Effusion #Trauma
Syncope - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Neurocardiogenic:
 • Vasovagal
 • Orthostatic Hypotension
 • Autonomic Neuropathy
 • Situational (micturition,
- Differential Diagnosis ... • Migraine Cardiac ... Tamponade ... • Constrictive Pericarditis ... Sinus Syndrome (SA