Dr. Gerald Diaz @GeraldMD
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POCUS Echocardiography - Table of Cardiac Views and Windows
 • Parastemal Long-Axis View (PLAX)
 • Parasternal
POCUS Echocardiography ... - Table of Cardiac ... View • Right Ventricular ... Axis • Right Ventricular ... #Cardiac #TTE #
Constrictive Pericarditis on Echocardiogram - Parasternal Long Axis View

Echo shows normal biventricular size and systolic function,
Constrictive Pericarditis ... abnormality from ventricular ... Echocardiogram #pocus ... #clinical #cardiology ... #plax
Pulmonary Embolism on Multiple POCUS Windows
Is your patient's hemodynamic deterioration a consequence of pulmonary embolism? Triangulate
Embolism on Multiple POCUS ... Hyperdynamic Underfilled LV ... Flattening and Ventricular ... Interdependence (PSAX ... Embolism #AcutePE #clinical
Pericardial Constriction on Echocardiogram with Septal Bounce

Fantastic example of pericardial constriction. Not only a nice septal
but very clear ventricular ... interdependence—notice how the RV/LV ... Echocardiogram #clinical ... #cardiology #POCUS ... #a4c #bounce
Constrictive Pericarditis on Echocardiogram - Apical 4 Chamber View
Constrictive pericarditis with Septal bounce, ventricular interdependence

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Constrictive Pericarditis ... Septal bounce, ventricular ... #Pericarditis #clinical ... #pocus #echocardiogram ... #a4c #cardiology
Myocarditis on Echocardiogram
It is always great to witness the tremendous reversal of severe biventricular dysfunction from
reversal of severe biventricular ... #Myocarditis #plax ... #psax #a4c #Echocardiogram ... #clinical #cardiology ... #pocus
Constrictive Pericarditis on Echocardiogram - Short Axis View

Echo shows normal biventricular size and systolic function, as
Constrictive Pericarditis ... abnormality from ventricular ... Echocardiogram #pocus ... #clinical #cardiology ... #psax
Pathophysiology Of Constriction
Exaggerated Ventricular Interdependence:
 • Limited Cardiac Filling due to Fixed Volume → Septum Shifts
Exaggerated Ventricular ... Interdependence: • Limited Cardiac ... Accommodate RV/LV ... • Rapid Early Ventricular ... → Exaggerated Ventricular
Constrictive Pericarditis on Echocardiogram
A 55-year-old female marathon runner presents to clinic w/ 6-months of worsening breathlessness
runner presents to clinic ... (D) a leftward ventricular ... imaging of the ventricular ... Echocardiogram #a4c ... #pocus #clinical
LV Pseudoaneurysm

• False “pseudo” aneurysm: rupture w/ blood contained *outside* wall layers. (case below)

• True aneurysm:
LV Pseudoaneurysm ... Pseudoaneurysm #Ventricular ... #Clinical #POCUS ... #CardiacMRI #PSAX ... #A4C #Echocardiogram