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A 70 year old was presented to the urgent care center with severe retrosternal chest pain
chest pain and a cardiac ... Echocardiogram #A4c ... #Takotsubo #Cardiomyopathy
Cardiac Rupture with Pericardial Effusion

Apical 4 chamber. Note larger right sided pericardial effusion with significant compression
Cardiac Rupture ... concerning for cardiac ... Shortly after had cardiac ... pericardial #effusion #tamponade ... ultrasound #Cardiology #A4c
Bedside Classification of Shock

Hypovolemic shock 

- Vomiting, diarrhea, overdiuresis 

- Hemorrhage (GI, peritoneal, RP) 

Distributive shock
Anaphylaxis - Post-cardiac ... infarction Tamponade ... postpartum CM - Takotsubo ... HTN - HOCM or Takotsubo ... Diagnosis #Features #Signs
Acute Pulmonary Embolism - Labeled POCUS Findings 

This patient presented with a-fib and shortness of breath.
Pulmonary Embolism - Labeled ... #McConnells #Sign ... Echocardiogram #A4C
Air gap sign: loss of cardiac image during systole in Pneumopericardium
Interesting observation –loss of cardiac window
Air gap sign: loss ... of cardiac image ... echocardiogram #a4c ... #plax #pocus #airgap ... #sign
Pericardial effusion with signs of tamponade on POCUS Echocardiogram (S4c)
RA collapse= earliest sign. RV collapse =
effusion with signs ... of tamponade on ... Echocardiogram (S4c ... Pericardial #effusion #tamponade ... echocardiogram #cardiology #s4c
Tamponade Masked in Pulmonary Hypertension

Signs of Tamponade can be masked by pulmonary hypertension! 1.2L drained. Read
Tamponade Masked ... Hypertension Signs ... of Tamponade can ... Echocardiogram #A4C ... #Cardiac #Tamponade
Malignant Pericardial Effusion causing Cardiac Tamponade on Echocardiogram (A4c)
Hypotensive + respiratory distress. At first glance you
Effusion causing Cardiac ... (A4c) Hypotensive ... tamponade! ... On A4C, you can ... #ultrasound #a4c
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 ... ultrasound_vcu #tamponade ... echocardiogram #a4c
Myocarditis 

5 Principles of
Myocarditis:
1. Build clinical suspicion
2. Decide on EMBx
3. Manage acute cardiac injury
4. Manage chronic
Manage acute cardiac ... Manage chronic cardiac ... Pericarditis, Tamponade ... agent, steroids, AC