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| On this page you will find several cases with echocardiographic images. | | On this page you will find several cases with echocardiographic images. |
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| =Case 1:=
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| A 46 year old male diagnosed with [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kahler%27s_disease Kahler's disease], complains of fast progressive dyspnea. Physical examination reveals tachcardia (140 beats per minute). Upon measuring his 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.
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| You see the ECG which shows a tachcardia and a pulsus alternans, typical for pericarditis
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| [[Image:PulsusAlternans.png|thumb|ECG of a patient with pericarditis carcinomatosa and tamponade]]
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| The apical 4 chamber echocardiogram shows severe pericardial effusion and a swinging heart.
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| Continue to [[Case 2]]
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