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Cardiac incisura
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On the right side of the chest the lung will lie against
Cardiac incisura ... since the heart or pericardial ... This causes a density ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Lateral #
Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema - Differential Diagnosis Framework

NCPE Pathophysiology:
Noncardiogenic pulmonary edema occurs because of excessive pulmonary capillary
Causes include: ... lack of acute cardiac ... ischemic changes CXR ... Transfusion-related acute lung ... #diagnosis #cardiology
Restrictive Cardiomyopathy - Diagnosis and Causes
Clinical: Dyspnea, Exercise Intolerance, ↑ "Right Sided-Symptoms" (ascites, hepatomegaly, ↑↑peripheral edema)
Physical
Diagnosis and Causes ... Clinical: Dyspnea ... , ↑↑peripheral edema ... #differential # ... cardiology #algorithm
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
Fraction (HFrEF) Clinical ... : weight gain, lung ... → no signs of CXR ... Consider cardiac ... diagnosis #management #cardiology
Constrictive Pericarditis on Echocardiogram
A 55-year-old female marathon runner presents to clinic w/ 6-months of worsening breathlessness
, marked pedal edema ... , and clear lungs ... circumferential pericardial ... Echocardiogram #a4c #pocus ... #clinical #cardiology
Amyloidosis on POCUS Echocardiogram - Parasternal long axis (PLAX)
Pt with systemic AL amyloidosis presents with 1
- Parasternal long ... appearance of heart on CXR ... Has new large pericardial ... #POCUS #clinical ... Echocardiogram #Cardiology
Complex Pericardial Effusion with Tamponade on POCUS Echocardiogram - A4C
Pt sent to ED c intradialytic hypotension.
with Tamponade on POCUS ... BUN/Cr- 128/9.4. ... #Effusion #Cardiac ... Echocardiogram #A4C #clinical ... #cardiology
Complex Pericardial Effusion with Tamponade on POCUS Echocardiogram - PLAX
Pt sent to ED c intradialytic hypotension.
with Tamponade on POCUS ... BUN/Cr- 128/9.4. ... #Effusion #Cardiac ... Echocardiogram #PLAX #clinical ... #cardiology
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
exclude other causes ... Differential Diagnosis ... orthopnea, PND, LE edema ... and timing with Cardio-OB ... diagnosis #management #cardiology
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy (PPCM)

What is PPCM?
• A form of acute systolic heart failure that develops late in
Key Point: High clinical ... , selenium) Differential ... congestion on a CXR ... experience recovery of cardiac ... Cardiomyopathy #Cardiology