14 results
Constrictive Pericarditis on POCUS Echocardiogram - Subcostal View

Young Lupus patient admitted to hospital new onset HFpEF.
you see on this SC ... could pinpoint the cause ... Note the septal ... Septal bounce and ... #s4C #SeptalBounce
Constrictive Pericarditis on POCUS Echocardiogram - Apical 3-Chamber View

Young Lupus patient admitted to hospital new onset
you see on this SC ... could pinpoint the cause ... specific finding and ... Had diagnostic tap-fever ... #A3C #SeptalBounce
Hemopericardium on POCUS Echocardiogram - Subcostal View

Valentine's day.  Shot through the heart--but not by Cupid.
Diagnosis? ... had hemothoraces and ... Echocardiogram #S4C ... #clinical #cardiology ... #Effusion #Trauma
Constrictive Pericarditis on Echocardiogram
A 55-year-old female marathon runner presents to clinic w/ 6-months of worsening breathlessness
circumferential pericardial ... velocity of 9.5 cm/sec ... expiration not meeting diagnostic ... Echocardiogram #a4c ... pocus #clinical #cardiology
Tricuspid Vegetations in Endocarditis on POCUS Echocardiogram (s4c)
There are times you do a bedside echo on
Tricuspid Vegetations ... Echocardiogram (s4c ... bedside echo on a septic ... Echocardiogram #s4c ... #clinical #cardiology
Causes of Acute Pericarditis:

Infectious;

Viral: 
Adenovirus 
Coxsackie virus A and B 
Echovirus 
Epstein-Barr virus 
Hepatitis 
Human immunodeficiency
Causes of Acute ... Coxsackie virus A and ... sac) Chylopericardium ... Rheumatic fever #Causes ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Portopulmonary Hypertension
Presence of pulmonary arterial hypertension in a patient with portal hypertension
No other obvious causes (chronic
other obvious causes ... PPHTN • Peak tricuspid ... of ventricular septum ... guanylate cyclase (sGC ... directly stimualtes sGC
Right Sided Failure secondary to Carcinoid Heart Disease on Echocardiogram
Carcinoid heart disease results in characteristic right
In this case, note ... septal tricuspid ... in torrential tricuspid ... Carcinoid #clinical #cardiology ... echocardiogram #pocus #a4c
Ebstein Anomaly on Echocardiogram

Ebstein anomaly. The tricuspid valve is ALWAYS more apically displaced than the mitral
The tricuspid valve ... commonest congenital cause ... of tricuspid regurgitation ... Echocardiogram #cardiology ... #a4c
Cardiac Tamponade on POCUS
Hypotension in trauma is not always due to hypovolemia. This was a great
Hypotension in trauma ... our ED residents and ... benefits of POCUS in diagnosing ... clinical #ultrasound #trauma ... #cardiology #s4c