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Constrictive Pericarditis on POCUS Echocardiogram - Apical 3-Chamber View

Young Lupus patient admitted to hospital new onset
on POCUS Echocardiogram ... has pericardial effusion ... with similar peri effusion ... Had diagnostic tap-fever ... #clinical #cardiology
Myocarditis
Diagnosis 
• Endomyocardial biopsy (gold standard, rarely performed) 
• Clinical presentation 
• Cardiovascular MRI 
Clinical 
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Myocarditis Diagnosis ... • Chest pain, pericarditis ... Abnormal ECG, echocardiogram ... shock, sudden cardiac ... #Management #Cardiology
Constrictive Pericarditis on Echocardiogram
A 55-year-old female marathon runner presents to clinic w/ 6-months of worsening breathlessness
runner presents to clinic ... circumferential pericardial effusion ... expiration not meeting diagnostic ... #a4c #pocus #clinical ... #cardiology
Kussmaul's Sign and Friedreich's Sign on Neck Examination

A middle-aged M with unknown PMH presents with dyspnea.
Most likely diagnosis ... small blue-colored spot ... = constrictive pericarditis ... #PhysicalExam #Clinical ... #Video #Cardiology
Tuberculous Pericarditis- On examination, the patient’s neck veins were distended, and heart sounds were muffled. An
A [arrow] and Video ... A diagnosis of tuberculous ... immunodeficiency virus ... #NEJM #clinical ... #radiology #tuberculous
Amyloidosis on POCUS Echocardiogram - Parasternal short axis (PSAX)
Pt with systemic AL amyloidosis presents with 1
- Parasternal short ... large pericardial effusion ... #POCUS #clinical ... #Echocardiogram ... #Cardiology #PSAX
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
diagnosis but rather ... to be in ADHF starts ... hemodynamics and cardiac ... Cardiac cath if ... algorithm #management #cardiology
Cardiac Sarcoidosis on Echocardiogram

Spot diagnosis for the fellows. Thinned, dyskinetic basal septum in patient who presents
Cardiac Sarcoidosis ... on Echocardiogram ... Spot diagnosis ... #pocus #clinical ... #plax #cardiology
Cardiac Tamponade on Echocardiogram in Slow Motion (PLAX)
EchoProTip: Does this patient has a potentially hemodynamically compromising
Cardiac Tamponade ... on Echocardiogram ... have to pause the video ... Clinical diagnosis ... #echocardiogram
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
too often, the knee-jerk ... of the resting cardiac ... #diagnosis #algorithm ... #cardiology #echocardiogram ... #management #clinical