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Cardiac Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS)

Sonographic Windows
 - Parasternal
 - Apical
 - Subcostal

#POCUS #CARDIAC #cardiology #echocardiogram
Cardiac Point of ... Care Ultrasound ... (POCUS) Sonographic ... Parasternal - Apical ... #CARDIAC #cardiology
Chest Pain - Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm

History and Exam
Acute life-threatening causes:
 • Acute myocardial infarction
 •
Chest Pain - Diagnosis ... Pneumothorax • Pulmonary ... embolism • Cardiac ... EKG • Bedside ultrasound ... • CXR • CBC
RUSH(ed) Exam - POCUS Protocol
Rapid Ultrasound in Shock and Hypotension
1. Parasternal Long Cardiac View
2. Apical Four-Chamber
RUSH(ed) Exam - POCUS ... Apical Four-Chamber ... Cardiac View 3 ... Pulmonary View ... Pulmonary View
Pulmonary Embolism on POCUS Echocardiogram

Mid 30's female with chest pain/dyspnea.  Triage EKG (no prior).
Pulmonary Embolism ... female with chest pain ... Pulmonary embolism ... POCUS (apical window ... A4c #clinical #cardiology
Tetralogy of Falot on Chest X-Ray
Tetralogy of Falot comprises four defects -
1. Ventricular septal defect (VSD)
2.
Radiographs show the typical ... caused the upturned cardiac ... along with concave Pulmonary ... the most common cardiac ... #Chest #XRay #CXR
Cardiac Rupture with Pericardial Effusion

Apical 4 chamber. Note larger right sided pericardial effusion with significant compression
Cardiac Rupture ... Pericardial Effusion Apical ... MyocardialInfarction #AMI #POCUS ... Echocardiogram #ultrasound ... #Cardiology #A4c
Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy on POCUS

78 year old woman - Acute delirium but complaining of chest pain 
ECG:
Cardiomyopathy on POCUS ... complaining of chest pain ... chest leads Cardiac ... #Ultrasound #Clinical ... Echocardiogram #Cardiology
Cavitary Lesion with Air-Fluid Level on Chest XRay

70+ year old man with PMH of latent TB
pleuritic chest pain ... is his original CXR ... Labeled CXR: ... ChestXRay #Clinical #Pulmonary ... #Radiology #AirFluidLevel
Progressive Massive Fibrosis aka Complicated Silicosis.
Silicosis is a fibrotic lung disease caused by inhalation of crystalline
nodes display the typical ... Silicosis #clinical #radiology ... #CXR #Chest #XRay ... #labeled #pulmonary
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
Typical symptoms ... Signs: weight gain ... → no signs of CXR ... Consider cardiac ... diagnosis #management #cardiology