[Echocardiography] Pericardial Disease: Constriction & Effusions

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Define chronic constrictive pericarditis
Identify etiologies associated with chronic constrictive pericarditis
Describe the pathophysiology of constrictive pericarditis
Describe the jugular venous pressure findings in constrictive pericarditis
Describe the hemodynamic effects seen in constrictive pericarditis during respiration
Describe the clinical presentation and examanation in constrictive pericarditis
Identify imaging modalities that can be used in the evaluation of constrictive pericarditis
Identify the treatment for constrictive pericarditis
Identify factors that influence the clinical presentation of pericardial effusions
Describe the effect of incresing pericardial fluid volume on intrapericardial pressure, right ventricular filling pressure, left ventricular filling pressure, and cardiac output
Describe the difference in impaired diastolic ventricular filling between constrictive pericarditis and cardiac tamponade
Describe the jugular venous pressure findings in cardiac tamponade and how they differ from constrictive pericarditis
Describe the hemodynamic effects seen in cardiac tamponade during respiration and how they differ from constrictive pericarditis
Define pulsus paradoxus and what it represents
Describe the goals of evaluation for pericardial effusions
Describe clinical findings associated with cardiac tamponade
Identify the treatment for hemodynamically significant pericardial effusions

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