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Relevant Sonopathology of the Parasternal Long Axis (PLAX) - Point of Care Ultrasound
 - Right Ventricular
Long Axis (PLAX ... Point of Care Ultrasound ... Hypertrophy - Pericardial ... @emspocus #Diagnosis ... #POCUS #Echocardiogram
Hemothorax mimicking Pericardial fluid on POCUS Echocardiogram

Gunshot wound to right parasternal area..... Is it really pericardial
fluid on POCUS ... Echocardiogram ... wound to right parasternal ... #clinical #ultrasound ... #S4C #pericardial
Hemopericardium on POCUS Echocardiogram - Subcostal View

Valentine's day.  Shot through the heart--but not by Cupid.
Hemopericardium on POCUS ... Echocardiogram ... Diagnosis? ... #S4C #clinical ... #cardiology #ultrasound
Echocardiographic criteria of LV Non-compaction
Chin Criteria (1990):
 • Absence of any other coexisting cardiac structural abnormality
recesses • Views: parasternal ... long axis, subxyphoid ... recesses • Views: parasternal ... Echocardiography #Echocardiogram ... Chin #cardiology #diagnosis
Constrictive Pericarditis on Echocardiogram
A 55-year-old female marathon runner presents to clinic w/ 6-months of worsening breathlessness
Pericarditis on Echocardiogram ... edema, and clear lungs ... circumferential pericardial ... expiration not meeting diagnostic ... #a4c #pocus #clinical
Causes of Acute Pericarditis:

Infectious;

Viral: 
Adenovirus 
Coxsackie virus A and B 
Echovirus 
Epstein-Barr virus 
Hepatitis 
Human immunodeficiency
Breast Leukemia Lung ... sac) Chylopericardium ... Metabolic disorders: Renal ... #Pericarditis #Differential ... #Diagnosis
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
coagulopathy) • CBC w differential ... o infection • Echocardiogram ... EGPA (↓ LVEF, pericardial ... sparing of the lung ... #Syndromes #differential
Ventricular Fibrillation on POCUS Echocardiogram - Parasternal Short Axis

50's male witnessed arrest. Unknown hx. AED no
Echocardiogram ... - Parasternal Short ... SC from first break ... Diagnosis? ... #ultrasound #Cardiology
CABG Graft Pseudoaneurysm

Chest pain post CABG - always worth taking a look!  Large graft pseudoaneurysm!!
COPD lungs and bad ... chest showed the diagnosis ... anticoags - VCU Ultrasound ... #echocardiogram ... #s4c