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Pericarditis - Definition and Diagnostic Criteria
Acute Pericarditis 
 • Inflammatory pericardial syndrome to be diagnosed with
with at least 2 ... chest pain (2) ... CMR). ... #Pericarditis #diagnosis ... #criteria #cardiology
Calcifications Around the Heart on Chest XRay
Case #1: This appearance is typical of pericardial calcification &
is typical of pericardial ... / constrictive pericarditis ... Case #2: The "tubular ... #Chest #XRay #CXR ... #radiology #cardiology
Constrictive Pericarditis on POCUS Echocardiogram - Apical 3-Chamber View

Young Lupus patient admitted to hospital new onset
on POCUS Echocardiogram ... Also has pericardial ... effusion/pericardial ... Had diagnostic tap-fever ... #clinical #cardiology
Constrictive Pericarditis on Echocardiogram
A 55-year-old female marathon runner presents to clinic w/ 6-months of worsening breathlessness
Constrictive Pericarditis ... circumferential pericardial ... expiration not meeting diagnostic ... Echocardiogram #a4c #pocus ... #clinical #cardiology
Lead AVR on ECG
1. Acute myocardial infarction: ST elevation > 1.5 mm in aVR, indicative of
failure, and death. 2. ... Pericarditis: PR ... atrial injury from pericardial ... : Differential diagnosis ... includes ACS vs pericarditis
Echocardiographic criteria of LV Non-compaction
Chin Criteria (1990):
 • Absence of any other coexisting cardiac structural abnormality
and apical • Focus ... on a 2-layer structure ... thin compacted ≥ 2, ... #Jenni #Chin #cardiology ... #diagnosis
Tuberculous Pericarditis- On examination, the patient’s neck veins were distended, and heart sounds were muffled. An
Tuberculous Pericarditis ... Panel B and Video 2) ... A diagnosis of tuberculous ... pericarditis was ... NEJM #clinical #radiology
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
ankle swelling. 2. ... un lymphatic Diagnostic ... → no signs of CXR ... congestion. 2. ... #heartfailure #diagnosis
Normal IUP Findings 1) Yolk sac: Round fluid-filled structure within the gestational sac, located in the
the endometrium 2) ... the yolk sac #Diagnosis ... Clinical #EM #Obgyn #Radiology ... #PelvicUS #TransAbdmonial ... #POCUS #YolkSac
Causes of ST Segment Elevation - Differential Diagnosis Framework

STEMI:
 • Upsloping convex STE: "Pardee's sign" +
- Differential Diagnosis ... depression Pericarditis ... elevation seen > 2 ... #differential #diagnosis ... #cardiology #ecg