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POCUS Pericardial Effusion
#Clinical	#EM #Radiology #Cardiology	#POCUS #Cardiac #Pericardial #Effusion #PericardialEffusion #Apical #Apical4Chamber #SonoStuff
POCUS Pericardial ... #Clinical #EM #Radiology ... #Cardiac #Pericardial ... #Effusion #PericardialEffusion ... #Apical #Apical4Chamber
On the left another patient with a large cardiac silhouette on the chest x-ray due to
patient with a large cardiac ... chest x-ray due to pericardial ... Pericardial effusion ... CT-reconstruction #Clinical #Radiology ... #Effusion #PericardialEffusion
Cardiac Amyloidosis

Huge Atria, Thick LV and IntraAtrial Septum with Apical Sparing

- Juan Lopez-Mattei, MD
@onco_cardiology

#Amyloidosis #Echocardiogram #POCUS
Cardiac Amyloidosis ... IntraAtrial Septum with Apical ... onco_cardiology #Amyloidosis ... POCUS #Clinical #Cardiology ... #Cardiac #SC4C
Cardiac Rupture with Pericardial Effusion

Apical 4 chamber. Note larger right sided pericardial effusion with significant compression
with Pericardial ... Effusion Apical ... larger right sided pericardial ... #pericardial #effusion ... Echocardiogram #ultrasound #Cardiology
Gadolinium Enhancement Patterns in Ischemic and Non-Ischemic Cardiomyopathies
Ischemic:
 • Subendocardial Infarct
 • Transmural Infarct
Non-Ischemic:
 • Mid-wall
Chagas disease • Epicardial ... Hyper-Enhancement: Amyloidosis ... sclerosis, post-cardiac ... cardiomyopathy #diagnosis #cardiology ... #radiology
Amyloidosis on POCUS Echocardiogram - Apical 4 Chamber (A4C)
Pt with systemic AL amyloidosis presents with 1
Echocardiogram - Apical ... Has new large pericardial ... with cardiac involvement ... #Cardiac #POCUS ... Echocardiogram #Cardiology
Hemorrhagic Pericardial Effusions (Hemopericardium)- Differential Diagnosis Framework

IATROGENIC DISEASE
Secondary to invasive cardiac procedures

NONIATROGENIC
• Malignancy (e.g., metastatic spread:
Hemorrhagic Pericardial ... Secondary to invasive cardiac ... CAUSES • PRIMARY Cardiac ... Primary systemic amyloidosis ... Differential #Diagnosis #cardiology
Amyloidosis Diagnosis
1) Patient presentation
 • Cardiac-specific signs of amyloidosis: Diastolic heart failure, Heart failure with preserved
Amyloidosis Diagnosis ... presentation • Cardiac-specific ... MGUS) neuropathy, atypical ... detection • For cardiac-specific ... #Diagnosis #cardiology
Especially in patients who had recent cardiac surgery an enlargement of the heart figure can indicate
who had recent cardiac ... figure can indicate pericardial ... only a minimal pericardial ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #Effusion #PericardialEffusion
Echocardiographic criteria of LV Non-compaction
Chin Criteria (1990):
 • Absence of any other coexisting cardiac structural abnormality
other coexisting cardiac ... subxyphoid, and apical ... other coexisting cardiac ... short axis and apical ... #Jenni #Chin #cardiology