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Pericardial Tamponade
Beck's Triad 
1. Hypotension 
2. Jugular venous distension 
3. Muffled heart sounds 
Patient will be
Pericardial Tamponade ... Muffled heart sounds ... paradoxus - ECG ... #Cardiac #Tamponade ... Diagnosis #Cardiology
Junctional Rhythms - Junctional rhythm describes an abnormal heart rhythm resulting from impulses coming from a
describes an abnormal heart ... coming from a locus ... junction" between atria ... #Cardiology #MedStudent ... #EKG #Junctional
Right Heart Catheterization - Pulmonary Artery Pressures and Calculations
PULMONARY VASCULAR RESISTANCE = (meanPAP-PCWP) / CO
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Pressures and Calculations ... RV dysfunction. e.g ... or pericardial ... forward flow. e.g ... catheter #diagnosis #cardiology
Palpitations - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
• It is an unpleasant awareness or sensation that the heart is
exam • 12-lead ECG ... Have the patient tap ... Nonarrhythmic Cardiac ... Valvular disease (e.g ... #Palpitations #Cardiology
Intraoperative Cardiac Free Wall Rupture
Free wall rupture...yes we can save them
Following a syncope event, a 72-y
Intraoperative Cardiac ... ER, stable on arrival ... diseases, ECG showed ... accumulating, the heart ... and the heart was
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Complex Pericardial Effusion with Tamponade on POCUS Echocardiogram - A4C
Pt sent to ED c intradialytic hypotension.
with Tamponade on POCUS ... Patient states was ... K 5.9 without EKG ... #Effusion #Cardiac ... A4C #clinical #cardiology
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Complex Pericardial Effusion with Tamponade on POCUS Echocardiogram - PLAX
Pt sent to ED c intradialytic hypotension.
with Tamponade on POCUS ... Patient states was ... K 5.9 without EKG ... #Effusion #Cardiac ... PLAX #clinical #cardiology
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Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
by excretion (e.g ... its metabolism (e.g ... to bolus these values ... perfusion - Cardiac ... failure - Low cardiac
If the patient has a HEART Score of 0-3 and a negative initial troponin, have a
patient has a HEART ... troponin test and ECG ... single troponin value ... Obtain an ECG at ... #PatientInfo #Cardiology