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Relevant Sonopathology of the Parasternal Long Axis (PLAX) - Point of Care Ultrasound
 - Right Ventricular
Point of Care Ultrasound ... Dissection - Aortic ... - Pericardial Effusion ... @emspocus #Diagnosis ... #POCUS #Echocardiogram
Cardiac Rupture with Pericardial Effusion

Apical 4 chamber. Note larger right sided pericardial effusion with significant compression
with Pericardial Effusion ... Note larger right sided ... pericardial effusion ... MyocardialInfarction #AMI #POCUS #Echocardiogram ... #ultrasound #Cardiology
POCUS Pearls for Tamponade
- Pericardial Effusion
- Diastolic Right Ventricular Collapse
- Systolic Right Atrial Collapse
- Plethoric Inferior
@SAlerhand #Cardiac ... Tamponade #POCUS #Diagnosis ... #Evaluation #Cardiology ... #Effusion #Echocardiogram ... #Ultrasound
Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Cardiovascular Causes of Chest Pain:
 • Myocardium:
	- Myocarditis
	- CAD/ACS
	- Valvulopathy
	- Myopericarditis
Vascular: - Aortic ... dissection - ... • Pleura: - Effusion ... #Chest #Pain #ChestPain ... #Causes #Cardiology
Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiovascular Causes:
 - Outflow Obstruction
     • Aortic
- Differential Diagnosis ... Dissection ... • Pleural Effusion ... Radiculopathy #ChestPain ... #Noncardiac #Cardiology
Hemorrhagic Pericardial Effusions (Hemopericardium)- Differential Diagnosis Framework

IATROGENIC DISEASE
Secondary to invasive cardiac procedures

NONIATROGENIC
• Malignancy (e.g., metastatic spread:
- Differential Diagnosis ... Secondary to invasive cardiac ... infarction • Aortic ... dissection - proximal ... #cardiology
Malignant Pericardial Effusion causing Cardiac Tamponade on Echocardiogram (A4c)
Hypotensive + respiratory distress. At first glance you
Tamponade on Echocardiogram ... filling of right side ... #clinical #ultrasound ... #a4c #echocardiogram ... #POCUS #cardiology
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
of the resting cardiac ... flow on the right side ... time for coronary perfusion ... #diagnosis #algorithm ... #cardiology #echocardiogram