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Amyloidosis on POCUS Echocardiogram - Subcostal 4 Chamber (S4C)
Pt with systemic AL amyloidosis presents with 1
Subcostal 4 Chamber (S4C ... wall thickening and ... biatrial enlargement ... large pericardial effusion ... Echocardiogram #Cardiology #S4C
Constrictive Pericarditis on POCUS Echocardiogram - Subcostal View

Young Lupus patient admitted to hospital new onset HFpEF.
you see on this SC ... has pericardial effusion ... Also had medial mitral ... similar sized effusion ... clinical #cardiology #s4C
Amyloidosis on POCUS Echocardiogram - Apical 4 Chamber (A4C)
Pt with systemic AL amyloidosis presents with 1
Apical 4 Chamber (A4C ... wall thickening and ... biatrial enlargement ... large pericardial effusion ... Echocardiogram #Cardiology #A4C
Blood Stasis and Smoke on Echocardiogram (a4c)
Smoking symbol = Blood stasis without mitral stenosis
Other causes Restrictive
Blood Stasis and ... Echocardiogram (a4c ... stasis without mitral ... (Infiltrative/Amyloidosis ... Echocardiogram #a4c
Apical Approach Pericardiocentesis on POCUS Echocardiogram

Apical approach had best pocket + good distance away from lung
Apical approach had best ... improvement in vitals and ... Echocardiogram #A4c ... clinical #cardiology #effusion
Pericardial Consistency Comparison on POCUS - Blood, Fat, Pus and Serous

Unclotted blood remains anechoic around clotted
, Fat, Pus and Serous ... Unclotted blood ... Serous effusion ... #Pericardial #Effusion ... Echocardiogram #S4C
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
either due to a diffusion-perfusion ... defect (Type 1) ... cycles after right atrial ... blood gas (ABC) ... 10 minutes of rest
Constrictive Pericarditis on Echocardiogram
A 55-year-old female marathon runner presents to clinic w/ 6-months of worsening breathlessness
74, JVP 15 cm ASA ... circumferential pericardial effusion ... , (B) a septal mitral ... velocity of 9.5 cm/sec ... Echocardiogram #a4c
Cardiac Tamponade on Subcostal 4 Chamber POCUS Echocardiogram

Which of the following would be expected in this
25% decrease in mitral ... would be expected, as ... well as a plethoric ... Tamponade #Cardiac #S4C ... #Pericardial #Effusion
Amyloidosis - Summary
Group of disorders associated with extracellular deposition of fibrils formed from low-molecular-weight proteins in
Proteinuria • Can detect ... Persistent pleural effusions ... Diagnostic Testing Blood ... Tests: • SPEP ... disproportionate atrial