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Knuckle Sign on ECG - Acute Pericarditis

Electrocardiogram of a 68-year-old woman two days after coronary artery
- Acute Pericarditis ... surgery with small pericardial ... effusion seen on an echocardiogram ... depression in I, II and aVL ... Knuckle #Sign #Pericarditis
Causes of Acute Pericarditis:

Infectious;

Viral: 
Adenovirus 
Coxsackie virus A and B 
Echovirus 
Epstein-Barr virus 
Hepatitis 
Human immunodeficiency
Causes of Acute Pericarditis ... injury Cardiac ... injury (e.g., cardiac ... perforation (e.g ... sac) Chylopericardium
Constrictive Pericarditis on Echocardiogram
A 55-year-old female marathon runner presents to clinic w/ 6-months of worsening breathlessness
on Echocardiogram ... had gained 15 kg ... circumferential pericardial ... #Echocardiogram ... #cardiology
Lead AVR on ECG
1. Acute myocardial infarction: ST elevation > 1.5 mm in aVR, indicative of
Pericarditis: PR ... atrial injury from pericardial ... vs pericarditis ... aVR • Classic EKG ... electrocardiogram #diagnosis #ekg
Chest pain after AFib ablation. What’s the most likely diagnosis?

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You are all correct: the patient had
You are all correct ... w/ a moderate pericardial ... Dx pericarditis ... MusaSharkawi #Clinical #Cardiology ... #EKG #ECG #Pericarditis
Myocarditis
Diagnosis 
• Endomyocardial biopsy (gold standard, rarely performed) 
• Clinical presentation 
• Cardiovascular MRI 
Clinical 
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• Chest pain, pericarditis ... tachycardia • S3, S4 ... gallop • Abnormal ECG ... , echocardiogram ... shock, sudden cardiac
Massive Pericardial Effusion on Echocardiogram (S4C) demonstrating ECG alternans motion
Massive pericardial effusion, female metastatic breast cancer
Effusion on Echocardiogram ... (S4C) demonstrating ... ECG alternans motion ... malignant #clinical #cardiology ... #pocus #S4C #electrical
Massive Pericardial Effusion on Echocardiogram (A4C) demonstrating ECG alternans motion
Massive pericardial effusion, female metastatic breast cancer
Effusion on Echocardiogram ... (A4C) demonstrating ... ECG alternans motion ... #Effusion #Echocardiogram ... malignant #clinical #cardiology
Large Pericardial Effusion on POCUS 

Good example of swinging heart in pre tamponade. Reason for electrical
Large Pericardial ... EKG from same patient ... alternans #POCUS #Echocardiogram ... #A4C #Clinical ... #Cardiology #Swinging
Myocarditis 

5 Principles of
Myocarditis:
1. Build clinical suspicion
2. Decide on EMBx
3. Manage acute cardiac injury
4. Manage chronic
Manage acute cardiac ... Manage chronic cardiac ... shock, Arrythmias, Pericarditis ... , Tamponade EKG ... agent, steroids, AC