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Right-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac Causes - Rule out Left-Sided Heart Failure (Most Common):
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Cardiac ... Tamponade Pulmonary ... #HeartFailure #Cardiology ... #Algorithm #causes
Constrictive Pericarditis on POCUS Echocardiogram - Apical 3-Chamber View

Young Lupus patient admitted to hospital new onset
could pinpoint the cause ... Also has pericardial ... can be seen in tamponade ... Had diagnostic tap-fever ... #clinical #cardiology
Cardiac Tamponade on Echocardiogram in Slow Motion (PLAX)
EchoProTip: Does this patient has a potentially hemodynamically compromising
on Echocardiogram ... Clinical diagnosis ... symptomatic large pericardial ... of shock was not ... SlowMotion #clinical #echocardiogram
Pulse Abnormalities - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unequal/DeIayed:
 • Obstructive arterial disease (ie. Atherosclerosis)
 • Aortic dissection
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Algorithm Unequal ... 10mmHg: • Cardiac tamponade ... • Hypovolemic shock ... Abnormalities #Disorders #Cardiology ... #Algorithm #causes
Fibrinous pericardial effusion with tamponade on POCUS

80F w AFib w pacemaker on warfarin presents with n/v
Fibrinous pericardial ... effusion with tamponade ... Other causes of ... POCUS #Clinical #Echocardiogram ... #PSAX #Cardiology
Complex Pericardial Effusion with Tamponade on POCUS Echocardiogram - PLAX
Pt sent to ED c intradialytic hypotension.
on POCUS Echocardiogram ... frequently benign causes ... consider serious causes ... #POCUS #Echocardiogram ... #cardiology
Pneumopericardium on POCUS Echocardiogram

This 70yo male presents with sob. He is in a left lateral decub
Which diagnosis ... effusion, no signs of tamponade ... #clinical #cardiology ... #pericardial #effusion ... #plax
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
heart (Sepsis, Shock ... treat the primary cause ... may not be the case ... #diagnosis #algorithm ... #cardiology #echocardiogram
Ventricular Fibrillation on POCUS Echocardiogram - Parasternal Short Axis

50's male witnessed arrest. Unknown hx. AED no
Fibrillation on POCUS Echocardiogram ... AED no shock advised ... Diagnosis? ... Fibrillation #VFib #PSAX ... #ultrasound #Cardiology