🫀 Tamponade vs Constrictive Pericarditis
Two conditions can present with right-sided heart failure, but their mechanisms and echocardiographic findings are different.
🔹 Cardiac Tamponade → Pericardial effusion + impaired diastolic filling + respiratory variation.
🔹 Constrictive Pericarditis → Thickened/rigid pericardium + ventricular interdependence + abnormal Doppler respiratory variation.
💡 Clinical Pearl:
When you see systemic venous congestion, always consider the pericardium—not only the myocardium.
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