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Pulmonary Embolism on POCUS Echocardiogram

Mid 30's female with chest pain/dyspnea.  Triage EKG (no prior).
Pulmonary Embolism ... Pulmonary embolism ... #Embolism #POCUS ... Echocardiogram #A4c ... #clinical #cardiology
Tamponade Masked in Pulmonary Hypertension

Signs of Tamponade can be masked by pulmonary hypertension! 1.2L drained. Read
Signs of Tamponade ... PMC5466174/ - VCU Ultrasound ... ) #Clinical #POCUS ... #Cardiology #Echocardiogram ... #A4C #Cardiac #
Cardiac Rupture with Pericardial Effusion

Apical 4 chamber. Note larger right sided pericardial effusion with significant compression
Cardiac Rupture ... pericardial #effusion #tamponade ... MyocardialInfarction #AMI #POCUS ... Echocardiogram #ultrasound ... #Cardiology #A4c
McConnell's Sign on POCUS Echocardiogram (A4C)

A4c view; RV enlargement & hypokinesis with apical sparing ("McConnell Sign"
on POCUS Echocardiogram ... concerning for Pulmonary ... Embolism. ... #POCUS #Echocardiogram ... #ultrasound #cardiology
Signs of Tamponade can be masked by pulmonary hypertension! 1.2L drained. Read more: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5466174/

- VCU Ultrasound
Signs of Tamponade ... PMC5466174/ - VCU Ultrasound ... #phtn #pulmonary ... #hypertension #pocus ... echocardiogram #a4c
Cardiac Tamponade on POCUS
Hypotension in trauma is not always due to hypovolemia. This was a great
Cardiac Tamponade ... #Tamponade #POCUS ... #clinical #ultrasound ... #trauma #cardiology ... #s4c
Malignant Pericardial Effusion causing Cardiac Tamponade on Echocardiogram (A4c)
Hypotensive + respiratory distress. At first glance you
(A4c) Hypotensive ... tamponade! ... #ultrasound #a4c ... echocardiogram #POCUS ... #cardiology
Malignant Pericardial Effusion causing Cardiac Tamponade on Echocardiogram (S4c)
Hypotensive + respiratory distress. At first glance you
(S4c) Hypotensive ... tamponade! ... #ultrasound #s4c ... echocardiogram #POCUS ... #cardiology
McConnell's Sign on POCUS Echocardiogram

2 patients w/ different diagnoses.  Both demonstrate an apical 4-chamber view
on POCUS Echocardiogram ... strain related to pulmonary ... embolism, but could ... #clinical #cardiology ... #a4c #labeled
In order to get good visualization of the RV, Intravenous Definity (brand name echo contrast material)
Here is the cardiac ... ultrasound. ... described for Pulmonary ... Embolism; here ... #Clinical #POCUS