Dr. Gerald Diaz @GeraldMD
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POCUS Pearls for Tamponade
- Pericardial Effusion
- Diastolic Right Ventricular Collapse
- Systolic Right Atrial Collapse
- Plethoric Inferior
@SAlerhand #Cardiac ... #Diagnosis #Evaluation ... #Cardiology #Effusion ... #Echocardiogram ... #Ultrasound
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Cardiac Rupture with Pericardial Effusion

Apical 4 chamber. Note larger right sided pericardial effusion with significant compression
Cardiac Rupture ... pericardial #effusion #tamponade ... MyocardialInfarction #AMI #POCUS #Echocardiogram ... #ultrasound #Cardiology ... #A4c #clinical
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Tamponade Masked in Pulmonary Hypertension

Signs of Tamponade can be masked by pulmonary hypertension! 1.2L drained. Read
Tamponade Masked ... PMC5466174/ - VCU Ultrasound ... Clinical #POCUS #Cardiology ... #Echocardiogram ... #A4C #Cardiac #
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Malignant Pericardial Effusion causing Cardiac Tamponade on Echocardiogram (A4c)
Hypotensive + respiratory distress. At first glance you
Tamponade on Echocardiogram ... tamponade! ... #ultrasound #a4c ... #echocardiogram ... #POCUS #cardiology
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Malignant Pericardial Effusion causing Cardiac Tamponade on Echocardiogram (S4c)
Hypotensive + respiratory distress. At first glance you
Tamponade on Echocardiogram ... (S4c) Hypotensive ... #ultrasound #s4c ... #echocardiogram ... #POCUS #cardiology
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Cardiac Tamponade on POCUS
Hypotension in trauma is not always due to hypovolemia. This was a great
Cardiac Tamponade ... cardiac tamponade ... for definitive management ... #clinical #ultrasound ... #trauma #cardiology
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Myocarditis 

5 Principles of
Myocarditis:
1. Build clinical suspicion
2. Decide on EMBx
3. Manage acute cardiac injury
4. Manage chronic
Manage acute cardiac ... Pericarditis, Tamponade ... agent, steroids, AC ... #Myocarditis #diagnosis ... #management #cardiology
Myocarditis
Diagnosis 
β€’ Endomyocardial biopsy (gold standard, rarely performed) 
β€’ Clinical presentation 
β€’ Cardiovascular MRI 
Clinical 
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Myocarditis Diagnosis ... Abnormal ECG, echocardiogram ... shock, sudden cardiac ... death Management ... #Management #Cardiology
Cardiac Tamponade - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Caused by an accumulation of blood, pus, effusion fluid
Cardiac Tamponade ... β€’ Call for cardiac ... β€’ Diagnostic ... Plan definitive management ... #Management #Workup
LVOTO due to SAM on POCUS Echocardiogram

Septic patient after IV fluids and initiation of Levophed. Worsening
to SAM on POCUS Echocardiogram ... Diagnosis? ... Management? ... #HOCM #POCUS #Echocardiogram ... #ultrasound #Cardiology
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