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Pulmonary Embolism on POCUS Echocardiogram

Mid 30's female with chest pain/dyspnea.  Triage EKG (no prior).
's female with chest ... Differential/diagnosis ... POCUS (apical window ... Echocardiogram #A4c ... #clinical #cardiology
Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiovascular Causes:
 - Outflow Obstruction
     • Aortic
Chest Pain - Differential ... • Myocardial Infarction ... Pulmonary Embolism (chest ... Hypertension - Chest ... Injury • Trauma
Miliary Pattern - Chest Radiology
 • Miliary opacities are scattered, small (1 -4 mm) nodules
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Miliary Pattern - Chest ... Radiology • Miliary ... Miliary #Pattern #Chest ... #Radiology #differential ... diagnosis #pulmonary #CXR
Calcifications Around the Heart on Chest XRay
Case #1: This appearance is typical of pericardial calcification &
Around the Heart on Chest ... appearance is typical ... old myocardial infarction ... Calcifications #Heart #Chest ... #XRay #CXR #radiology
Apical Hypokinesis and Recovery on Echocardiogram

Chest pain during TTE -  Immediate apical hypo/akinesia (left) and
Apical Hypokinesis ... Echocardiogram Chest ... #comparisonn #a4c ... Echocardiogram #clinical #cardiology ... #pocus
Apical variant HCM - Importance of Acoustic Mismatch (CMR vs TTE)

Detailed Case Review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2853TSxaeh4

V.L.Sorrell, MD @VLSorrellImages

#Apical
Apical variant HCM ... TTE) Detailed Case ... #HCM #a4c #cardiacmri ... Echocardiogram #clinical #cardiology ... #pocus
Hemorrhagic Pericardial Effusion with Tamponade on POCUS

In an unstable pt w/ chest trauma, subxiphoid view FIRST!

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with Tamponade on POCUS ... unstable pt w/ chest ... trauma, subxiphoid ... #cardiology #clinical ... #s4c #trauma
Causes of Acute Pericarditis:

Infectious;

Viral: 
Adenovirus 
Coxsackie virus A and B 
Echovirus 
Epstein-Barr virus 
Hepatitis 
Human immunodeficiency
Causes of Acute ... esophageal perforation. chest ... injury Blunt chest ... pericardial sac ... #Pericarditis #Differential
Causes of Primary and Functional Mitral Regurgitation (MR) 
Causes of primary mitral regurgitation
 - Rheumatic heart
Direct/indirect chest ... wall trauma, LV ... papillary muscles apically ... pacing (especially apical ... Primary #Functional #Differential
McConnell's Sign on POCUS Echocardiogram

2 patients w/ different diagnoses.  Both demonstrate an apical 4-chamber view
McConnell's Sign on POCUS ... demonstrate an apical ... kinetic RV with apical ... infarct or acute chest ... #a4c #labeled