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A 19-year-old collapsed during a football match and never came home. His heart now tells the story he never could.
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#POCUS, or point-of-care ultrasound, can assess the internal jugular vein to estimate #JugularVenousPressure as an approximation of right atrial pressure. Jugular venous pressure can help identify volume overload using ultrasound assessment of the neck vessels.
To assess #JugularVenousPressure with #POCUS, the patient is positioned with the head of bed elevated and the linear probe is placed above the clavicle between the bellies of the sternocleidomastoid muscle. The vertical height from the sternal angle to the point where the internal jugular vein tapers is measured to calculate jugular venous pressure.
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Echo tells you the heart is struggling. The PAC tells you why: pump failure, vasoplegia, low preload, or a failing RV. Don’t fly blind. 🎩 tip to the authors.
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Ever wondered why a coronary occlusion gives the ECG it does?
Block any part of the coronary circulation on a 3D heart and watch the 12-lead (and the echo!) evolve.
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