Hospital Pericarditis Ultrasound 
Dr. Sanjay Gupta
DECEMBER 19, 2022
Pericarditis refers to inflammation of the pericardium The pericardium is a sac within which the heart sits. Acute inflammation of this sac is known as acute pericarditis. About 5% of patients who present to A+E with chest pain which is not deemed to be a heart attack or angina are ultimately diagnosed with pericarditis.
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
JUNE 18, 2011
1.196 x STE60 in V3 in mm) + (0.059 x computerized QTc) - (0.326 x RA in V4 in mm) Third, one can do an immediate cardiac ultrasound. This rules out pericarditis, which essentially never has reciprocal ST depression. A bedside ultrasound was done by an emergency physician and simultaneously read by a cardiologist.
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
JUNE 17, 2024
Given his exertional chest pain and elevated troponin, the patient was admitted to the hospital for "NSTEMI" with a plan for left heart catheterization the next day. Dyspnea, Chest pain, Tachypneic, Ill appearing: Bedside Cardiac Echo gives the Diagnosis 31 Year Old Male with RUQ Pain and a History of Pericarditis. This is a quiz.
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
JULY 12, 2020
They informed me that she had just been hospitalized 10 days ago for "some fluid around the heart" and was discharged after one day without incident. So I immediately left the room to get an ultrasound machine. We performed a pericardiocentesis using a triple lumen central line kit under ultrasound guidance in a transthoracic position.
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
DECEMBER 18, 2022
It was notable for a normal cardiac ultrasound with no pericardial fluid, normal LV and RV function (though the quality was not sufficient to evaluate for wall motion abnormalities) and normal IVC dynamics. Bedside ultrasound is another very important piece. Ultrasound can be very helpful to distinguish causes of hypotension.
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
OCTOBER 10, 2022
He spent almost 2 months in the hospital, and reportedly made a full neurologic recovery. Dyspnea, Chest pain, Tachypneic, Ill appearing: Bedside Cardiac Echo gives the Diagnosis 31 Year Old Male with RUQ Pain and a History of Pericarditis. Now another, with ultrasound. This patient arrested shortly after hospital arrival.
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
NOVEMBER 28, 2022
A bedside cardiac ultrasound was performed with a parasternal long axis view demonstrated below: There is a large pericardial effusion with collapse of the right ventricle during systole. She was discharged after a short hospitalization with oncology and cardiology follow-up. This patient is only pseudo-stable.
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