Case Presentation: A 30-year-old man with no significant medical history was brought to the ED for a ventricular fibrillation (VF) arrest after he was hit in the chest by a soccer ball during a game. After successful resuscitation, exam was notable for a 3/6 systolic murmur heard in the 5th intercostal space at the left [...]

Case Presentation: A 41-year-old man with end-stage renal disease (ESRD), hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and hepatitis B-induced liver cirrhosis was evaluated after a computed tomography (CT) scan of his abdomen revealed an unexpected finding of cardiomegaly with moderate to large pericardial effusion. Subsequent transthoracic echocardiograms revealed moderate pericardial effusion without tamponade physiology but with increased interventricular septal [...]