Cardiac Tamponade

About Our Guest  Dr. Pei-Chun McGregor, MD, FACC (she/her), is currently the Director of Ambulatory Cardiology and Stress Laboratory at the Veterans Affairs Boston Healthcare System, an instructor of medicine at Harvard Medical School, and a Lieutenant Colonel in the US Air Force Reserves. She is a board-certified general cardiologist […]


About Our Guest 

Dr. Pei-Chun McGregor, MD, FACC (she/her), is currently the Director of Ambulatory Cardiology and Stress Laboratory at the Veterans Affairs Boston Healthcare System, an instructor of medicine at Harvard Medical School, and a Lieutenant Colonel in the US Air Force Reserves. She is a board-certified general cardiologist with a focus on adult echocardiography, nuclear cardiology, and vascular imaging. Dr. McGregor is a graduate of New York University School of Medicine. As a recipient of the Health Professions Scholarship, she went on to complete her internal medicine residency and cardiovascular fellowship at San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Consortium. She served in the United States Air Force for over 11 years and continues her service as a Lieutenant Colonel in the Air Force Reserves to date. Throughout her academic career, Dr. McGregor has demonstrated dedication to medical education as a regular lecturer to trainees and has had a significant contribution to the literature on topics in echocardiography. She has also been featured online by both OncLive and PracticeUpdate. She is an active member of the American College of Cardiology, American Society of Echocardiography,
American Registry of Diagnostic Medical Sonography and Society of Vascular Ultrasound. Recently, she was chosen to be part of the first ever I.D.E.A. Group at Inteleos.

 

Additional Resources

  • Learn how POCUS is a readily available bedside tool that can quickly diagnose pericardial effusions.
  • Read these cases to understand how cardiac POCUS in children can be immediately life-saving
  • This case of a patient presenting with symptoms of cardiac tamponade highlights the importance of POCUS as an adjunct to a patient’s clinical exam.
  • Discover the utility of ultrasound in the assessment of patients with undifferentiated shortness of breath

 

 

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