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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 had medial mitral ... Constrictive pericarditis-dx ... #s4C #SeptalBounce
POCUS Echocardiography - Table of Cardiac Views and Windows
 • Parastemal Long-Axis View (PLAX)
 • Parasternal
• Subcostal (SC ... -Chamber View (A4C ... Inferior Vena Cava (SC ... ) • SC Abdominal ... View • PSAX: Mitral
Constrictive Pericarditis on Echocardiogram
A 55-year-old female marathon runner presents to clinic w/ 6-months of worsening breathlessness
Constrictive Pericarditis ... , (B) a septal mitral ... velocity of 9.5 cm/sec ... Echocardiogram #a4c ... pocus #clinical #cardiology
Constrictive Pericarditis on POCUS Echocardiogram - Apical 3-Chamber View

Young Lupus patient admitted to hospital new onset
Constrictive Pericarditis ... you see on this SC ... pericarditis. ... Echocardiogram #clinical #cardiology ... #A3C #SeptalBounce
Syncope - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Neurocardiogenic:
 • Vasovagal
 • Orthostatic Hypotension
 • Autonomic Neuropathy
 • Situational (micturition,
• Migraine Cardiac ... Afterload: • Mitral ... Tamponade • Constrictive ... Pericarditis ... Sinus Syndrome (SA
Causes of Acute Pericarditis:

Infectious;

Viral: 
Adenovirus 
Coxsackie virus A and B 
Echovirus 
Epstein-Barr virus 
Hepatitis 
Human immunodeficiency
Infectious; Viral ... pericardial injury Cardiac ... injury (e.g., cardiac ... Blunt chest trauma ... pericardial sac
Shock Classification
Shock Definition: State of cellular and tissue hypoxia due to: reduced oxygen delivery, increased oxygen
severe aortic or mitral ... tamponade, constrictive ... pericarditis, restrictive ... cardiomyopathy ... commonly due to trauma
Shock Types - Classification
State of cellular and tissue hypoxia due to: reduced oxygen delivery, increased oxygen
severe aortic or mitral ... tamponade, constrictive ... pericarditis, restrictive ... cardiomyopathy ... commonly due to trauma
Hemorrhagic Pericardial Effusion with Tamponade on POCUS

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

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unstable pt w/ chest trauma ... Effusion #Tamponade #Cardiac ... #POCUS #cardiology ... #clinical #s4c ... #trauma
Kussmaul's #sign is the paradoxical increase or failure to fall of mean #JVP with inspiration. Commonest
Constriction, restrictive ... cardiomyopathy, ... failure, right sided cardiac ... masses and even SVC ... PhysicalExam #clinical #cardiology