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Cardiac Stress Testing
Exercise:
 • Everyone who can exercise should!
 • They must be able to raise
Cardiac Stress Testing ... : EKG ($), ECHO ... #Stress #Testing ... #cardiology #management ... #diagnosis
Cardiac Tamponade on POCUS
Hypotension in trauma is not always due to hypovolemia. This was a great
in diagnosing cardiac ... - MH/CCF/CWRU EM ... #clinical #ultrasound ... #trauma #cardiology ... #s4c
Intrauterine pregnancy on transvaginal ultrasound, sagittal view. Shown is a gestational sac containing a yolk sac
on transvaginal ultrasound ... a gestational sac ... endometrium #Clinical #EM ... #Obgyn #Radiology ... #TransVaginal #POCUS
Myocarditis
Diagnosis 
• Endomyocardial biopsy (gold standard, rarely performed) 
• Clinical presentation 
• Cardiovascular MRI 
Clinical 
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Myocarditis Diagnosis ... tachycardia • S3, S4 ... gallop • Abnormal ECG ... shock, sudden cardiac ... #Management #Cardiology
This is a parasternal long axis view of a young patient presenting with 3 days of
x-ray and and ECG ... Beside ultrasound ... Michael Macias, EM ... #Radiology #POCUS ... #CardiacUS #ParsternalLong
Empty fluid-filled sac within the endometrium. Given the absence of contents, you cannot differentiate gestational vs
Empty fluid-filled sac ... This is not diagnostic ... IUP #Clinical #EM ... #Obgyn #Radiology ... #PelvicUS #POCUS
Normal IUP Findings 1) Yolk sac: Round fluid-filled structure within the gestational sac, located in the
Findings 1) Yolk sac ... the gestational sac ... #Diagnosis #Clinical ... #EM #Obgyn #Radiology ... TransAbdmonial #POCUS
Malignant Pericardial Effusion causing Cardiac Tamponade on Echocardiogram (S4c)
Hypotensive + respiratory distress. At first glance you
Echocardiogram (S4c ... + respiratory distress ... Tamponade #clinical #ultrasound ... #s4c #echocardiogram ... #POCUS #cardiology
Septal Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HOCM)

52yo worsening exertional sx and murmur. EKG nonspecific, Serial trops (-) 
EM resident
Serial trops (-) EM ... Admit ==> Positive stress ... Metoprolol - VCU Ultrasound ... echocardiogram #plax #cardiology ... #pocus
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
infarction • Stress ... factors + oxidative stress ... and timing with Cardio-OB ... follow-up with Cardio-OB ... #management #cardiology