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Ascites, pericardial effusion, and left pleural effusion on subcostal 4-chamber POCUS echocardiogram

Subcostal window in SLE patient.
Ascites, pericardial ... What abnormal fluid ... Answer: Ascites, pericardial ... Easiest fluid collection ... #effusion #s4c
Cardiac Rupture with Pericardial Effusion

Apical 4 chamber. Note larger right sided pericardial effusion with significant compression
Cardiac Rupture ... with Pericardial ... larger right sided pericardial ... #pericardial #effusion ... ultrasound #Cardiology #A4c
Hemopericardium on POCUS Echocardiogram - Subcostal View

Valentine's day.  Shot through the heart--but not by Cupid.
Pericardial window ... small amount of pericardial ... fluid must raise ... Echocardiogram #S4C ... cardiology #ultrasound #Pericardial
Bicornuate Pregnancy on Transabdominal Pelvic Ultrasound

An 18yo female presents with vaginal bleeding. What is your diagnosis?
RESOLUTION:
Bicornuate Pregnancy on Transabdominal ... plane, the yolk sac ... a gestational sac ... = an enlarged fluid ... Bicornuate #Pregnancy #Transabdominal
Pericardial Tamponade in a Shock Patient

Watch how the heart collapses and struggles to beat in surrounding
Pericardial Tamponade ... in surrounding fluid ... Echocardiogram #Cardiac ... #Tamponade #Pericardial
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 ... the hemorrhagic fluid ... #Hemorrhagic #Pericardial
Shock Classification Types - Pathophysiology Comparison

Obstructive Shock:
 • Obstructive shock is characterized by a blockage in
caused by a massive pericardial ... effusion, cardiac ... Tamponade: pericardial ... Signs: Normal cardiac ... internal or external fluid
Malignant Pericardial Effusion causing Cardiac Tamponade on Echocardiogram (S4c)
Hypotensive + respiratory distress. At first glance you
Malignant Pericardial ... Effusion causing Cardiac ... Echocardiogram (S4c ... This is cardiac ... clinical #ultrasound #s4c
Causes of Acute Pericarditis:

Infectious;

Viral: 
Adenovirus 
Coxsackie virus A and B 
Echovirus 
Epstein-Barr virus 
Hepatitis 
Human immunodeficiency
Trauma: Direct pericardial ... injury Cardiac ... injury (e.g., cardiac ... leakage into pericardial ... sac) Chylopericardium
Cardiac MRI in Evaluation of Pericardial Disease

Tl-weighted fast spin echo - Morphological assessment of the pericardium
Cardiac MRI in Evaluation ... of Pericardial ... • Pericardial ... fast spin echo - Fluid-Rich ... quantification of cardiac