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Relevant Sonopathology of the Parasternal Long Axis (PLAX) - Point of Care Ultrasound
 - Right Ventricular
Dilatation - Aortic ... Dissection - Aortic ... Stenosis - Diastolic ... Heart Failure - Aortic ... @emspocus #Diagnosis
Pulse Abnormalities - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unequal/DeIayed:
 • Obstructive arterial disease (ie. Atherosclerosis)
 • Aortic dissection
 •
- Differential Diagnosis ... dissection • ... Aortic aneurysm ... Stenosis: • Anacrotic ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Non-lschemic Causes of Cardiogenic Shock:

Beta-Blockers, Calcium Channel Blockers, Digoxin 

Myocarditis 

Cardiomyopathies (sarcoidosis, amyloidosis, Takatsubo, 
hemochromatosis) 

Valvular
hemochromatosis) Valvular Stenosis ... systemic HTN, aortic ... dissection ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiovascular Causes:
 - Outflow Obstruction
     • Aortic
- Differential Diagnosis ... Obstruction • Aortic ... Stenosis - Ischemic ... Non-lschemic • Aortic ... Dissection
Causes of Syncope

NEUROLOGICAL
 - CVA/Stroke
 - Cancer
 - Carotid Stenosis
 - Parkinson’s Disease
 - Psychosis
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Cancer - Carotid Stenosis ... CARDIAC - Aortic ... Stenosis - Arrhythmia ... Disection - Electrolytes ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Back Pain - Differential Diagnosis
Primary Back Pathology:
 • Musculoligamentous injury (a.k.a. lumbosacral strain)
 • Spondylosis (i.e.
- Differential Diagnosis ... Spondylolisthesis • Spinal stenosis ... Referred Pain: • Aorta ... : Dissection, Aneurysm ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Approach to ECGs - Ischemia
MI = Biomarkers + ECG or echo/angiogram findings
Pathologic Q - 1/3 height
: Acute STEMI, Aortic ... dissection, PE, ... no pain - LAD stenosis ... Ischemia #ECG #EKG #diagnosis
Aortic Dissection - Diagnosis Summary

CMC IM Residency @CMC_IM

#Aortic #Dissection #Diagnosis #aorta
Aortic Dissection ... - Diagnosis Summary ... Residency @CMC_IM #Aortic ... #Dissection #Diagnosis ... #aorta
Type A Aortid Dissection - Suprasternal View

Type A Aortic Dissection (TAD), present on this suprasternal view
Type A Aortid Dissection ... View Type A Aortic ... Dissection (TAD ... #TypeA #Aortic # ... Dissection #TAD
Aortic Dissection - Stanford / DeBakey Classification
Stanford A / DeBakey II - Dissection involving the ascending
Aortic Dissection ... the ascending aorta ... the descending aorta ... #Aortic #Dissection ... Classification #types #diagnosis