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Constrictive Pericarditis on POCUS Echocardiogram - Subcostal View

Young Lupus patient admitted to hospital new onset HFpEF.
on POCUS Echocardiogram ... Note the septal ... Septal bounce and ... #clinical #cardiology ... #s4C #SeptalBounce
Constrictive Pericarditis on Echocardiogram
A 55-year-old female marathon runner presents to clinic w/ 6-months of worsening breathlessness
runner presents to clinic ... circumferential pericardial effusion ... expiration not meeting diagnostic ... #pocus #clinical ... #cardiology
Constrictive Pericarditis on POCUS Echocardiogram - Apical 3-Chamber View

Young Lupus patient admitted to hospital new onset
on POCUS Echocardiogram ... you see on this SC ... has pericardial effusion ... Had diagnostic tap-fever ... #clinical #cardiology
Septal Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HOCM)

52yo worsening exertional sx and murmur. EKG nonspecific, Serial trops (-) 
EM resident
EKG nonspecific, ... Admit ==> Positive stress ... Cardiomyopathy #HOCM #HCM #clinical ... echocardiogram #plax ... #cardiology #pocus
Myocarditis
Diagnosis 
• Endomyocardial biopsy (gold standard, rarely performed) 
• Clinical presentation 
• Cardiovascular MRI 
Clinical 
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Myocarditis Diagnosis ... • Chest pain, pericarditis ... tachycardia • S3, S4 ... gallop • Abnormal ECG ... #Management #Cardiology
LVOTO due to SAM on POCUS Echocardiogram

Septic patient after IV fluids and initiation of Levophed. Worsening
due to SAM on POCUS ... Echocardiogram Septic ... Diagnosis? ... Management? ... #PLAX #clinical
Constrictive Pericarditis on Echocardiogram

Patient was referred to cardiology for evaluation of dyspnea. JVP was enough to
was enough to diagnose ... Septal bounce clearly ... Echocardiogram #POCUS ... #clinical #cardiology ... #a4c
Anterior-Septal Wall Motion Abnormality on POCUS Echocardiogram

58yoM smoker, neg nuclear ST last week, with CP that
Anterior-Septal ... EKG: nsr, TWI v1 ... What's his diagnosis ... Echocardiogram #Clinical ... #Cardiology #PLAX
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
infarction • Stress ... factors + oxidative stress ... support for patients clinically ... Serial TTE and close ... #management #cardiology
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
diagnosis but rather ... fatigue, altered mental ... ECG is vital while ... #algorithm #management ... #cardiology #treatment