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Relevant Sonopathology of the Parasternal Long Axis (PLAX) - Point of Care Ultrasound
 - Right Ventricular
the Parasternal Long ... Axis (PLAX) - Point ... Dilatation - Aortic Dissection ... Hypertrophy - Pericardial ... #Diagnosis #POCUS
RV Dilatation in Pulmonary Embolism on POCUS - Parasternal Long Axis

Acute shortness of breath with this
Dilatation in Pulmonary ... Embolism on POCUS ... - Parasternal Long ... bulging septum on PLAX ... #Embolism #POCUS
Malignant Pericardial Effusion causing Tamponade on POCUS

Parasternal long with some RV collapse explaining this cancer patient's
Malignant Pericardial ... causing Tamponade on POCUS ... Parasternal long ... Echocardiogram #POCUS ... #Clinical #PLAX
Mediastinal Widening - Differential Diagnosis

 • Vascular: Aortic dissection, Aortic anourysm, Enlarged pulmonary arteries, Venous or
Mediastinal Widening - Differential ... Vascular: Aortic dissection ... Lymphadenopathy • Pericardial ... Pneumomediastinum, Pericardial ... Mediastinal #Widening #Differential
Middle age male with hx of seizures presents with cp. comfortable. Has sz in ED, gets
Type A Dissection ... - Parasternal Long ... Medicine #Clinical #POCUS ... Echocardiogram #PLAX ... #Aortic #Dissection
Dyspnea - Considerations with Malignancy
Directly Malignancy Related:
 - Lymphangitic spread to lung
 - Malignant pleural effusion
Lymphangitic spread to lung ... - Malignant pericardial ... effusion - Lung ... Changes in Pre-Test ... dyspnea #algorithm #differential
Right-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac Causes - Rule out Left-Sided Heart Failure (Most Common):
Heart Failure - Differential ... Regurgitation - Pericardium ... Pericarditis • Pericardial ... • Diffuse Lung ... • Chronic Lung
Hemorrhagic Pericardial Effusions (Hemopericardium)- Differential Diagnosis Framework

IATROGENIC DISEASE
Secondary to invasive cardiac procedures

NONIATROGENIC
• Malignancy (e.g., metastatic spread:
Hemopericardium)- Differential ... metastatic spread: lung ... infarction • Aortic dissection ... patients with pulmonary ... Hemopericardium #Differential
Causes of Pericardial Effusion - Differential Diagnosis
Infectious:
 • Viral: Enterovirus, Herpesvirus, Adenovirus, Parvovirus
 • Bacterial: Mycobacterium
Causes of Pericardial ... Effusion - Differential ... - Metastatic: Lung ... Injury Syndrome, Dissection ... #Effusion #Differential
Aortic Dissection on POCUS Echocardiogram (PLAX)

Parasternal long axis of the heart showing a dilated AOFT >4cm
on POCUS Echocardiogram ... (PLAX) Parasternal ... long axis of the ... the aorta and a pericardial ... #PLAX #clinical