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Massive Pericardial Effusion on Echocardiogram (PLAX and M-Mode) demonstrating ECG alternans motion
Massive pericardial effusion, female metastatic
Echocardiogram (PLAX ... ECG alternans motion ... Echocardiogram #malignant #clinical ... #cardiology #pocus ... #PLAX #MMode #electrical
Tamponade is paradoxical RV collapse during diastole. Sometimes it’s hard to tell if that’s happening by
obviate the cardiac ... cycle (in lieu of ECG ... #PLAX #Echocardiogram ... #POCUS #Clinical ... #Pericardial #Effusion
Hemorrhagic Pericardial Effusions (Hemopericardium)- Differential Diagnosis Framework

IATROGENIC DISEASE
Secondary to invasive cardiac procedures

NONIATROGENIC
• Malignancy (e.g., metastatic spread:
Hemopericardium)- Differential ... • Malignancy (e.g ... OTHER RARE CAUSES ... • PRIMARY Cardiac ... Primary systemic amyloidosis
Amyloidosis on POCUS Echocardiogram - Parasternal long axis (PLAX)
Pt with systemic AL amyloidosis presents with 1
Amyloidosis on POCUS ... large pericardial effusion ... #Cardiac #POCUS ... #clinical #Echocardiogram ... #Cardiology #PLAX
Amyloidosis on POCUS Echocardiogram - Parasternal short axis (PSAX)
Pt with systemic AL amyloidosis presents with 1
Amyloidosis on POCUS ... large pericardial effusion ... #Cardiac #POCUS ... #clinical #Echocardiogram ... #Cardiology #PSAX
Amyloidosis - Summary
Group of disorders associated with extracellular deposition of fibrils formed from low-molecular-weight proteins in
Group of disorders ... Clinical suspicion ... LVH, low-voltage EKG ... Persistent pleural effusions ... Testing: • EKG
Restrictive Cardiomyopathy - Diagnosis and Causes
Clinical: Dyspnea, Exercise Intolerance, ↑ "Right Sided-Symptoms" (ascites, hepatomegaly, ↑↑peripheral edema)
Physical
Diagnosis and Causes ... Clinical: Dyspnea ... Infiltrative: Amyloidosis ... Sarcomeric Protein Disorders ... #differential #
Bradycardia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

BRADI Mnemonic
 • BRASH/Hyperkalemia
 • Reduced oxygen/Glucose/Temp
 • ACS
 • Drugs
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Bradycardia - Differential ... Bradycardia Cardiac ... • Congenital disorders ... : Sarcoidosis, Amyloidosis ... #cardiology #BRADI
Complex Pericardial Effusion with Tamponade on POCUS Echocardiogram - PLAX
Pt sent to ED c intradialytic hypotension.
Echocardiogram - PLAX ... K 5.9 without EKG ... #Cardiac #Tamponade ... #PLAX #clinical ... #cardiology
Bradycardia - Differential Diagnosis 
 • Cardiac disease: Myocardial ischemia / infarction, Myocarditis, Congenital disorders, Cardiomyopathies,
Bradycardia - Differential ... Diagnosis • Cardiac ... , amyloidosis) ... Physiological causes ... #Diagnosis #cardiology