The Importance of Serial POCUS Exams – Dual Pathologies in Play

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https://doi.org/10.24908/pocus.v8i2.16595

Keywords:

Tamponade, Takotsubo, Pericardial effusion, Butterfly iQ, Cardiac POCUS, POCUS, assessment

Abstract

Serial point of care ultrasound (POCUS) exams are essential to assess acute pericardial effusions which can rapidly evolve into cardiac tamponade.  A typical presentation includes dyspnea, tachycardia, and chest pain. Importantly, serial cardiac exams in such high-risk patients can detect other concurrent pathologies. We present an unusual case of a patient who initially presented with an acute circumferential pericardial effusion and upon serial POCUS exams developed an unexpected Takotsubo cardiomyopathy in the setting of cardiac tamponade.

Author Biography

Ariel Shiloh, Montefiore Medical Center

Director of the Critical Care Medicine Consult Service

Professor of Medicine at Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine

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2023-11-27

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Nair, R., Zuo, J., & Shiloh, A. (2023). The Importance of Serial POCUS Exams – Dual Pathologies in Play. POCUS Journal, 8(2), 124–125. https://doi.org/10.24908/pocus.v8i2.16595

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Vol. 8 No. 2 (2023): POCUS Journal Vol 08 Iss 02

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