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POCUS Pearls for Tamponade
- Pericardial Effusion
- Diastolic Right Ventricular Collapse
- Systolic Right Atrial Collapse
- Plethoric Inferior
POCUS Pearls for ... @SAlerhand #Cardiac ... #Diagnosis #Evaluation ... #Cardiology #Effusion ... #Echocardiogram
Constrictive Pericarditis on POCUS Echocardiogram - Apical 3-Chamber View

Young Lupus patient admitted to hospital new onset
on POCUS Echocardiogram ... has pericardial effusion ... Had diagnostic tap-fever ... #Echocardiogram ... #clinical #cardiology
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
 •
Diagnosis Algorithm ... Pericardial • Effusion ... • Cardiac Tamponade ... * • Constriction ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Causes of Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac:
 • Dysrhythmia
 • Ischemia
 • Cardiomyopathy
 • Valvular disease
Diagnosis Algorithm ... Cardiac: • Dysrhythmia ... Tamponade • Constrictive ... Pleura: • Pleural effusion ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Constrictive Pericarditis on Echocardiogram
A 55-year-old female marathon runner presents to clinic w/ 6-months of worsening breathlessness
on Echocardiogram ... circumferential pericardial effusion ... expiration not meeting diagnostic ... #a4c #pocus #clinical ... #cardiology
Syncope - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Neurocardiogenic:
 • Vasovagal
 • Orthostatic Hypotension
 • Autonomic Neuropathy
 • Situational (micturition,
Syncope - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Tamponade • Constrictive ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #Algorithm
Pulse Abnormalities - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unequal/DeIayed:
 • Obstructive arterial disease (ie. Atherosclerosis)
 • Aortic dissection
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Abnormalities - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... pressure >10mmHg: • Cardiac ... Hypovolemic shock • Constrictive ... Diagnosis #Algorithm
Right-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac Causes - Rule out Left-Sided Heart Failure (Most Common):
Heart Failure - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Cardiac Causes ... Pericardium • Constrictive ... Diagnosis #Algorithm
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
hemodynamics and cardiac ... Cardiac cath if ... #diagnosis #differential ... #algorithm #management ... #cardiology #treatment
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 ... time for coronary perfusion ... #diagnosis #algorithm ... #cardiology #echocardiogram