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POCUS Pearls for Tamponade
- Pericardial Effusion
- Diastolic Right Ventricular Collapse
- Systolic Right Atrial Collapse
- Plethoric Inferior
POCUS Pearls for Tamponade ... - Pericardial Effusion ... #POCUS #Diagnosis ... #Evaluation #Cardiology ... #Effusion #Echocardiogram
Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Cardiovascular Causes of Chest Pain:
 • Myocardium:
	- Myocarditis
	- CAD/ACS
	- Valvulopathy
	- Myopericarditis
- Differential Diagnosis ... Vascular: - Aortic ... Pericarditis - Tamponade ... • Pleura: - Effusion ... #Causes #Cardiology
Non-lschemic Causes of Cardiogenic Shock:

Beta-Blockers, Calcium Channel Blockers, Digoxin 

Myocarditis 

Cardiomyopathies (sarcoidosis, amyloidosis, Takatsubo, 
hemochromatosis) 

Valvular
Non-lschemic Causes ... dysfunction Tamponade ... systemic HTN, aortic ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Cardiology
Pulse Abnormalities - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unequal/DeIayed:
 • Obstructive arterial disease (ie. Atherosclerosis)
 • Aortic dissection
 •
- Differential Diagnosis ... 10mmHg: • Cardiac tamponade ... Abnormalities #Disorders #Cardiology ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Algorithm #causes
Constrictive Pericarditis on POCUS Echocardiogram - Apical 3-Chamber View

Young Lupus patient admitted to hospital new onset
could pinpoint the cause ... has pericardial effusion ... can be seen in tamponade ... Had diagnostic tap-fever ... #clinical #cardiology
Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiovascular Causes:
 - Outflow Obstruction
     • Aortic
- Differential Diagnosis ... Obstruction • Aortic ... Non-lschemic • Aortic ... • Pleural Effusion ... ChestPain #Noncardiac #Cardiology
Mediastinal Widening - Differential Diagnosis

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

IATROGENIC DISEASE
Secondary to invasive cardiac procedures

NONIATROGENIC
• Malignancy (e.g., metastatic spread:
- Differential Diagnosis ... infarction • Aortic ... OTHER RARE CAUSES ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #cardiology
Post-MI Free Wall Rupture
1. What's the role of revascularization when presenting with late STEMI?
2. What are
What are some causes ... hemorrhagic pericardial effusion ... management acutely for tamponade ... FreeWall #Rupture #cardiology ... complications #acuteMI #diagnosis
Checklist for the Echocardiographic Evaluation of Pulmonary Hypertension
 • Record estimated PASP
 • Evaluate RV size
for pericardial effusion ... • Evaluate for causes ... Echocardiography #diagnosis ... #cardiology #echocardiogram