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Constrictive Pericarditis on Echocardiogram
A 55-year-old female marathon runner presents to clinic w/ 6-months of worsening breathlessness
on Echocardiogram ... to workup right-heart ... (D) a leftward ventricular ... ventricular septum ... #a4c #pocus #clinical
Relevant Sonopathology of the Parasternal Long Axis (PLAX) - Point of Care Ultrasound
 - Right Ventricular
Sonopathology of the ... Ultrasound - Right ... - Right Ventricular ... #Diagnosis #POCUS ... #Echocardiogram
Bacterial Constrictive Pericarditis on POCUS Echocardiogram
Presented with heart failure sx, required subxyphoid drain and antibiotics
Note ventricular
on POCUS Echocardiogram ... Presented with heart ... antibiotics Note ventricular ... collapse, septal ... #POCUS #Echocardiogram
POCUS Echocardiography - Table of Cardiac Views and Windows
 • Parastemal Long-Axis View (PLAX)
 • Parasternal
POCUS Echocardiography ... Ventricular (RV ... Flow Doppler #Anatomy ... #TTE #Echocardiogram ... #Heart #Windows
Echocardiography
Right ventricular function can be assessed using several methods and echocardiography is generally the first‐line tool
Echocardiography Right ... ventricular function ... independent prognostic value ... mortality and heart ... #Echocardiogram
Graphic representation of transthoracic echocardiographic parameters in the assessment of right ventricular pressure overload. A′ = peak late
ventricular pressure ... intraventricle septum ... Right heart mobile ... 9.5 cmls) #TTE ... #Echocardiogram
Parasternal Short Axis (PSAX) at the level of the Aortic Valve

Phased array transducer; parasternal short axis/indicator
stenosis, acuity of right ... heart strain (pulmonary ... Short #Axis #PSAX #echocardiogram ... clinical #cardiology #POCUS ... #labeled #anatomy
Pathophysiology Of Constriction
Exaggerated Ventricular Interdependence:
 • Limited Cardiac Filling due to Fixed Volume → Septum Shifts
Fixed Volume → Septum ... Inflow Across A-V Valves ... intrapericardial (heart ... heart chambers. ... #constrictive #pericarditis
Portopulmonary Hypertension
Presence of pulmonary arterial hypertension in a patient with portal hypertension
No other obvious causes (chronic
disease, left heart ... Transthoracic echocardiogram ... • Right ventricular ... septum 2) DIAGNOSE ... - Right heart catheterization
Right Sided Failure secondary to Carcinoid Heart Disease on Echocardiogram
Carcinoid heart disease results in characteristic right
Right Sided Failure ... characteristic right ... this case, note the ... immobile anterior and septal ... #pocus #a4c