DrPocusMD
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IM PGY-2. Big POCUS guy. Most images are my own. Vscan air SL enthusiast.
IM, will be applying cardiology
September 28, 2025 at 11:43 AM
IM, will be applying cardiology
Yeah it was classic pericarditis sharp/ positional pain
April 20, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Yeah it was classic pericarditis sharp/ positional pain
Correct. PH doesn’t always cause SAM but here there’s so much IVS bowing that it displaces blood posteriorly causing Venturi forces to suck the anterior leaflet over the LVOT. That plus the LVOT obstruction from RV dilation is a bad combo, the type who will code after just a small bolus of IVF.
February 18, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Correct. PH doesn’t always cause SAM but here there’s so much IVS bowing that it displaces blood posteriorly causing Venturi forces to suck the anterior leaflet over the LVOT. That plus the LVOT obstruction from RV dilation is a bad combo, the type who will code after just a small bolus of IVF.