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Constrictive Pericarditis on Echocardiogram
A 55-year-old female marathon runner presents to clinic w/ 6-months of worsening breathlessness
We did a transthoracic ... echocardiogram ... expiration not meeting diagnostic ... (D) a leftward ventricular ... imaging of the ventricular
Figure. An approach to the diagnostic use of echocardiography (echo). Rx indicates prescription; TEE, transesophageal
echocardiography; and
approach to the diagnostic ... echocardiography; and TTE, transthoracic ... , or secondary ventricular ... #Transthoracic ... Transesophageal #Echocardiogram
Graphic representation of transthoracic echocardiographic parameters in the assessment of right ventricular pressure overload. A′ = peak late
representation of transthoracic ... assessment of right ventricular ... cmls) #TTE #Echocardiogram ... PulmonaryEmbolism #Transthoracic ... #Diagnosis #RightVentricular
Ventricular Fibrillation on Echocardiogram
When the outpatient transthoracic echo exam suddenly becomes more exciting.

Eli Gelfand, MD, FACC
Ventricular Fibrillation ... on Echocardiogram ... the outpatient transthoracic ... @the_gelf #Ventricular ... Fibrillation #VFib #Echocardiogram
Relevant Sonopathology of the Parasternal Long Axis (PLAX) - Point of Care Ultrasound
 - Right Ventricular
Ultrasound - Right Ventricular ... Hypertrophy - Right Ventricular ... Rupture - Left Ventricular ... @emspocus #Diagnosis ... #POCUS #Echocardiogram
Estimating Left Ventricular Filling Pressure by Echocardiography

#Diagnosis #Cardiology #Echocardiogram #POCUS #Diastolic #Dysfunction #Diastology #Diastasis #EWave #AWave
Estimating Left Ventricular ... Echocardiography #Diagnosis ... #Cardiology #Echocardiogram
POCUS Pearls for Tamponade
- Pericardial Effusion
- Diastolic Right Ventricular Collapse
- Systolic Right Atrial Collapse
- Plethoric Inferior
Diastolic Right Ventricular ... Tamponade #POCUS #Diagnosis ... Cardiology #Effusion #Echocardiogram
Portopulmonary Hypertension
Presence of pulmonary arterial hypertension in a patient with portal hypertension
No other obvious causes (chronic
1) SCREEN - Transthoracic ... echocardiogram ... • Right ventricular ... Other signs: Right ventricular ... Flattening of ventricular
D-Sign on Ultrasound
Right Ventricular Pressure vs Volume Overload
Eccentricity Index (EI) = D2/D1
RV Overload “D Sign” EI
Ultrasound Right Ventricular ... DSign #Ultrasound #echocardiogram ... #psax #diagnosis
Echocardiographic Findings of Acute Right Ventricular Strain
 - Increased RV:LV Size Ratio
 - Abnormal Septal Motion
of Acute Right Ventricular ... #RV #Strain #Echocardiogram ... #POCUS #diagnosis ... #Right #Ventricular