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=Case 1:=
=Case 1:=
A 46 year old male diagnosed with [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kahler%27s_disease&redirect=no Kahler's disease], complains of fast progressive dyspnea.  
A 46 year old male diagnosed with [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kahler%27s_disease&redirect=no Kahler's disease], complains of fast progressive dyspnea. Physical examination reveals tachcardia (140 beats per minute). Upon measuring hois blood pressure the nurse notices a pulsus paradoxus of 30 mm Mercury. Further examination shows decreased lung sounds on the right and dampened percussion on his back on both sides.
 
You see the ECG which shows a tachcardia and a pulsus alternans, typical for pericarditis
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The apical 4 chamber echocardiogram shows severe pericardiual effusion and a swinging heart.
 
 
=Case 2:=
=Case 2:=


[[TTE]]
[[TTE]]
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*[[2 chamber short axis]]

Revision as of 09:41, 24 September 2007

On this page you will find several cases with echocardiographic images.

Case 1:

A 46 year old male diagnosed with Kahler's disease, complains of fast progressive dyspnea. Physical examination reveals tachcardia (140 beats per minute). Upon measuring hois blood pressure the nurse notices a pulsus paradoxus of 30 mm Mercury. Further examination shows decreased lung sounds on the right and dampened percussion on his back on both sides.

You see the ECG which shows a tachcardia and a pulsus alternans, typical for pericarditis Image

The apical 4 chamber echocardiogram shows severe pericardiual effusion and a swinging heart.


Case 2:

TTE