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Pericarditis - Definition and Diagnostic Criteria
Acute Pericarditis 
 • Inflammatory pericardial syndrome to be diagnosed with
depression on ECG ... effusion (new or ... CMR). ... #Pericarditis #diagnosis ... #criteria #cardiology
Pericardial Effusion on EKG
 • Electrical alternans
 • Low voltage
 • Sinus tachycardia (suggests possibility of
Pericardial Effusion ... EricsMedicalLectures/ #Pericardial ... #Effusion #EKG ... #ECG #electrocardiogram ... #cardiology #diagnosis
ASE - Multimodality Imaging of Pericardial Disease
 - Acute / Recurrent Pericarditis
 - Pericardial Anatomy and
Acute / Recurrent Pericarditis ... Effusion / Tamponade ... - Constrictive Pericarditis ... Diseases #diagnosis ... #radiology
Constrictive Pericarditis on POCUS Echocardiogram - Apical 3-Chamber View

Young Lupus patient admitted to hospital new onset
Also has pericardial ... effusion/pericardial ... with similar peri effusion ... Had diagnostic tap-fever ... Echocardiogram #clinical #cardiology
Mediastinal Widening - Differential Diagnosis

 • Vascular: Aortic dissection, Aortic anourysm, Enlarged pulmonary arteries, Venous or
- Differential Diagnosis ... Pneumomediastinum, Pericardial ... effusionCXR ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #pulmonary #radiology
Hemorrhagic Pericardial Effusions (Hemopericardium)- Differential Diagnosis Framework

IATROGENIC DISEASE
Secondary to invasive cardiac procedures

NONIATROGENIC
• Malignancy (e.g., metastatic spread:
Hemorrhagic Pericardial ... - Differential Diagnosis ... • Malignancy (e.g ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #cardiology
Chest pain after AFib ablation. What’s the most likely diagnosis?

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You are all correct: the patient had
the most likely diagnosis ... w/ a moderate pericardial ... effusion (likely ... Dx pericarditis ... #EKG #ECG #Pericarditis
Cardiac MRI in Evaluation of Pericardial Disease

Tl-weighted fast spin echo - Morphological assessment of the pericardium
effusion • Signal ... effusionpericardial ... #Pericarditis # ... Cardiology #Diagnosis ... #Radiology
Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Cardiovascular Causes of Chest Pain:
 • Myocardium:
	- Myocarditis
	- CAD/ACS
	- Valvulopathy
	- Myopericarditis
- Differential Diagnosis ... dissection - SCAD • Pericardium ... : - Pericarditis ... • Pleura: - Effusion ... #Causes #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 ... effusion. ... expiration not meeting diagnostic ... pocus #clinical #cardiology