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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 ... Constrictive pericarditis-dx ... CP #POCUS #Echocardiogram ... #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 ... Had diagnostic tap-fever ... CP #POCUS #Echocardiogram ... #A3C #SeptalBounce
Abnormal Jugular Venous Pressure Waveforms - Differential Diagnosis
 - Absent a wave - Atrial fibrillation, sinus
- Differential Diagnosis ... percarditis - ... right heart failure ... Absent y descent - Cardiac ... #PhysicalExam #cardiology
Constrictive Pericarditis on Echocardiogram

Patient was referred to cardiology for evaluation of dyspnea. JVP was enough to
Constrictive Pericarditis ... was enough to diagnose ... #Constrictive # ... Pericarditis #Echocardiogram ... #a4c
Constrictive Pericarditis on Echocardiogram
A 55-year-old female marathon runner presents to clinic w/ 6-months of worsening breathlessness
Constrictive Pericarditis ... workup right-heart failure ... velocity of 9.5 cm/sec ... expiration not meeting diagnostic ... Echocardiogram #a4c
Right-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac Causes - Rule out Left-Sided Heart Failure (Most Common):
Right-Sided Heart Failure ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Cardiac ... Pericardium • Constrictive ... Pericarditis
Pulse Abnormalities - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unequal/DeIayed:
 • Obstructive arterial disease (ie. Atherosclerosis)
 • Aortic dissection
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• Left heart failure ... pressure >10mmHg: • Cardiac ... Hypovolemic shock • Constrictive ... Pericarditis ... #Algorithm #causes
Causes of Palpitations
 • ARRHYTHMiA 
 • SINUS ARRYTHMIA 
 • ATRIAL FIBRILLATION 
 • ATRIAL
DISEASE • HEART FAILURE ... CARDIOMYOPATHY • PERICARDITIS ... SYPATHOMIMETICS • CARDIAC ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Cardiology
RA/CVP Waveform Interpretation

Central venous pressure (CVP) or right atrial pressure (RAP) waveform tracings can often times
“cannon waves” caused ... pericarditis (CP ... pericarditis and ... Interpretation #Diagnosis ... #Cardiology #Venous
Kussmaul's #sign is the paradoxical increase or failure to fall of mean #JVP with inspiration. Commonest
paradoxical increase or failure ... Constriction, restrictive ... , right sided cardiac ... SVC obstruction ... PhysicalExam #clinical #cardiology