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Constrictive Pericarditis on POCUS Echocardiogram - Subcostal View

Young Lupus patient admitted to hospital new onset HFpEF.
you see on this SC ... Also has pericardial ... effusion/pericardial ... next day due to infectious ... clinical #cardiology #s4C
Causes of Acute Pericarditis:

Infectious;

Viral: 
Adenovirus 
Coxsackie virus A and B 
Echovirus 
Epstein-Barr virus 
Hepatitis 
Human immunodeficiency
Causes of Acute Pericarditis ... : Infectious; ... leakage into pericardial ... sac) Chylopericardium ... Familial pericarditis
Pericardial Clot on Echocardiogram

ST elevation of acute pericarditis was misdiagnosed as STEMI and thrombolysed with SK
Pericardial Clot ... elevation of acute pericarditis ... developed hemorrhagic pericardial ... DrRajeshG1 #Pericardial ... clinical #cardiology #a4c
Constrictive Pericarditis on Echocardiogram
A 55-year-old female marathon runner presents to clinic w/ 6-months of worsening breathlessness
Constrictive Pericarditis ... circumferential pericardial ... of constrictive pericarditis ... velocity of 9.5 cm/sec ... Echocardiogram #a4c
Constrictive Pericarditis on POCUS Echocardiogram - Apical 3-Chamber View

Young Lupus patient admitted to hospital new onset
Constrictive Pericarditis ... you see on this SC ... Also has pericardial ... effusion/pericardial ... Lupus pericarditis
Purulent Pericardial Effusion on POCUS Echocardiogram

20's male on biologic recently treated for CAP.  Now febrile,
Purulent Pericardial ... empyema and purulent pericarditis ... #Purulent #Pericardial ... clinical #ultrasound #s4c ... #Infectious
Right-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac Causes - Rule out Left-Sided Heart Failure (Most Common):
Regurgitation - Pericardium ... • Constrictive Pericarditis ... • Pericardial ... • Chronic Lung Infection
Mediastinal Mass - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Anterior Mediastinal Mass - 5T’s
 • Thymic neoplasm
 • Teratoma (or
grow through the sac ... - Pericardial ... out-pouching" of the pericardium ... These include infections
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
fibromyalgia) • Infections ... Serositis: • Pleural/pericardial ... Photosensitivity • Malar ... • Asymptomatic pericarditis
Autoimmune Myositis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Myopathies: Commonly symmetric proximal muscle weakness, no substantial muscle pain
Tenderness → Consider infectious ... Symptoms: • Pericarditis ... /Pericardial tamponade