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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 ... could pinpoint the cause ... Constrictive pericarditis-dx ... #s4C #SeptalBounce
Constrictive Pericarditis on Echocardiogram
A 55-year-old female marathon runner presents to clinic w/ 6-months of worsening breathlessness
Constrictive Pericarditis ... ASA, Kussmaul's sign ... velocity of 9.5 cm/sec ... expiration not meeting diagnostic ... Echocardiogram #a4c
Constrictive Pericarditis on POCUS Echocardiogram - Apical 3-Chamber View

Young Lupus patient admitted to hospital new onset
Constrictive Pericarditis ... you see on this SC ... could pinpoint the cause ... Had diagnostic tap-fever ... #A3C #SeptalBounce
Systemic Sclerosis (Scleroderma)
Multi-system autoimmune disease characterized by vasculopathy and progressive fibrosis of skin and internal organs
3
of Scleroderma (SSc ... Symptoms: • Cardiac ... renal crisis (SRC ... #Scleroderma #SSc ... #rheumatology #diagnosis
Constrictive Pericarditis on Echocardiogram

Patient was referred to cardiology for evaluation of dyspnea. JVP was enough to
Constrictive Pericarditis ... was enough to diagnose ... and Kussmaul’s sign ... #Pericarditis # ... #a4c
Pulse Abnormalities - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unequal/DeIayed:
 • Obstructive arterial disease (ie. Atherosclerosis)
 • Aortic dissection
 •
- Differential Diagnosis ... pressure >10mmHg: • Cardiac ... Hypovolemic shock • Constrictive ... Pericarditis ... #Algorithm #causes
Syncope - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Neurocardiogenic:
 • Vasovagal
 • Orthostatic Hypotension
 • Autonomic Neuropathy
 • Situational (micturition,
- Differential Diagnosis ... Tamponade • Constrictive ... Pericarditis ... Sinus Syndrome (SA ... #Algorithm #causes
Right-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac Causes - Rule out Left-Sided Heart Failure (Most Common):
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Cardiac ... Pericardium • Constrictive ... Pericarditis ... #HeartFailure #Cardiology
Kussmaul's #sign is the paradoxical increase or failure to fall of mean #JVP with inspiration. Commonest
Kussmaul's #sign ... Commonest cause ... Constriction, restrictive ... failure, right sided cardiac ... SVC obstruction
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
Vascular Disease: Arterial ... Venous disease (SVC ... thrombosis, VTE) • Cardiac ... Disease: Pericarditis ... #management #signs