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Cardiac Rupture with Pericardial Effusion

Apical 4 chamber. Note larger right sided pericardial effusion with significant compression
Cardiac Rupture ... concerning for cardiac ... MyocardialInfarction #AMI #POCUS #Echocardiogram ... #ultrasound #Cardiology ... #A4c #clinical
FAST - Cardiac Tamponade - Torn atrial appendage.
WCUME 2017 Submission for Best POCUS - Massive hemopericardium
FAST - Cardiac Tamponade ... Trauma #POCUS #Echocardiogram ... #SC4C #Hemorrhagic ... Hemorrhage #Torn #Tear
POCUS Reference Measurements
 • Gallbladder
 • Urinary Bladder
 • GI Tract
 • Pregnancy
 • Optic Nerve
• Aorta • Cardiac ... #Measurements #Ultrasound ... #Echocardiogram ... #Diagnosis
A 70 year old was presented to the urgent care center with severe retrosternal chest pain
A 70 year old was ... chest pain and a cardiac ... Clinical #POCUS #Echocardiogram ... #A4c #Takotsubo
Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy on POCUS

78 year old woman - Acute delirium but complaining of chest pain 
ECG:
on POCUS 78 year ... chest leads Cardiac ... Cardiomyopathy #POCUS #Ultrasound ... #Clinical #Echocardiogram
POCUS Pearls for Tamponade
- Pericardial Effusion
- Diastolic Right Ventricular Collapse
- Systolic Right Atrial Collapse
- Plethoric Inferior
@SAlerhand #Cardiac ... Tamponade #POCUS #Diagnosis ... Cardiology #Effusion #Echocardiogram ... #Ultrasound
Constrictive Pericarditis on Echocardiogram
A 55-year-old female marathon runner presents to clinic w/ 6-months of worsening breathlessness
Pericarditis on Echocardiogram ... A 55-year-old ... transthoracic echocardiogram ... to workup right-heart ... expiration not meeting diagnostic
Chest Pain - Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm

History and Exam
Acute life-threatening causes:
 • Acute myocardial infarction
 •
Chest Pain - Diagnosis ... and Workup Algorithm ... Pulmonary embolism • Cardiac ... EKG • Bedside ultrasound ... #Chest #Pain #Diagnosis
Myocarditis
Diagnosis 
• Endomyocardial biopsy (gold standard, rarely performed) 
• Clinical presentation 
• Cardiovascular MRI 
Clinical 
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Myocarditis Diagnosis ... tachycardia • S3, S4 ... Abnormal ECG, echocardiogram ... shock, sudden cardiac ... death Management
An Algorithm for the Evaluation and Management of Cardiac Arrest with Ultrasonography

- Dr. Tom Fadial https://twitter.com/thame

#CardiacArrest
Evaluation and Management ... of Cardiac Arrest ... POCUS #Evaluation #Diagnosis ... #Management #Ultrasound