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Constrictive Pericarditis on POCUS Echocardiogram - Subcostal View

Young Lupus patient admitted to hospital new onset HFpEF.
Constrictive Pericarditis ... Also had medial ... Constrictive pericarditis-dx ... #clinical #cardiology ... #s4C #SeptalBounce
Constrictive Pericarditis on Echocardiogram
A 55-year-old female marathon runner presents to clinic w/ 6-months of worsening breathlessness
Constrictive Pericarditis ... Kussmaul's sign, marked pedal ... Echocardiogram #a4c ... #pocus #clinical ... #cardiology
Shock - Differential Diagnosis Framework
 - MAP <65. SBP <90, drop in SBP > 40
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Pneumothorax, Cardiac ... , Severe pHTN, Constrictive ... pericarditis, Severe ... Differential #Diagnosis #criticalcare ... #management
Shock - Diagnosis and Management Summary
 • Hypotension: SBP<90, SBP drop >40, MAP<65 (Normotension, HTN possible
Diagnosis and Management ... >> Constrictive ... pericarditis, Pericardial ... #Summary #criticalcare ... #treatment #workup
Myocarditis 

5 Principles of
Myocarditis:
1. Build clinical suspicion
2. Decide on EMBx
3. Manage acute cardiac injury
4. Manage chronic
shock, Arrythmias, Pericarditis ... Low voltage Treatment ... agent, steroids, AC ... Myocarditis #diagnosis #management ... #cardiology #summary
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
with or without LV ... and timing with Cardio-OB ... deteriorating on medical ... follow-up with Cardio-OB ... #cardiology #treatment
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
may benefit from LV ... Cardiac cath if ... differential #algorithm #management ... #cardiology #treatment ... heartfailure #chf #criticalcare
Cardiac LV Thrombus on Echocardiogram (A4C)
48 year old woman in ICU for acute ischemic limb. PMHx
Cardiac LV Thrombus ... Echocardiogram (A4C ... What are the next POCUS ... : serial blood cultures ... #cardiology
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
exam Determine Cardiac ... Medical history ... dysfunction or LV ... one post op Cardiology ... and surgical management
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
of the resting cardiac ... of Systole, the LV ... echocardiogram #management ... #clinical #criticalcare ... #foamed #treatment