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Intraoperative Opening of Aortic Dissection - Thoracic Surgery

Dr. Bobby Yanagawa @BobbyYanagawa

#Intraoperative #Opening #Aortic #Dissection #aorta #surgery
Dissection - Thoracic ... Surgery Dr. ... #Dissection #aorta ... #surgery #thoracic ... #CTS #clinical
Intraoperative Opening of Aortic Dissection - Thoracic Surgery

Hanin Alashi, CCP @iNeena

#Intraoperative #Opening #Aortic #Dissection #aorta #surgery
Dissection - Thoracic ... Surgery Hanin ... #Dissection #aorta ... #surgery #thoracic ... #CTS #clinical
Aortic Dissection Pearls
Aortic dissection is caused by a tear in the tunica intima, the innermost layer
Aortic Dissection ... Pearls Aortic dissection ... • Cardiac surgery ... Pulse deficit/differential ... deficit • Shock Treatment
Aortic Dissection - Diagnosis and Management Summary
 • HPI: sudden onset, "tearing" chest pain, radiation to
Aortic Dissection ... FHx • Imaging: CTA ... Dissection protocol ... includes ascending aorta ... Management #summary #treatment
Aortic Dissection - Diagnosis and Acute Management
Pain: Chest, Back, Abdo, Migrating, Above & below diaphragm, Abrupt
Aortic Dissection ... Diagnose with CTA ... Call CV Surgeon. ... #Dissection #Diagnosis ... #Management #treatment
Venous Thrombosis vs Arterial Thrombosis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

VENOUS THROMBOSIS

 • Acquired Risk Factors:
	- >48 hours
Arterial Thrombosis - Differential ... admission - Surgery ... Malignancy • Surgery ... - Aortic dissection ... Atherosclerotic plaque • Dissection
Summary of actions of some Cholinergic Agonists

Bethanechol 
• Used in treatment of urinary retention 
• Binds
Bethanechol • Used in treatment ... during ocular surgery ... postoperative abdominal distention ... as first-line treatments ... in ophthalmic surgery
Hemorrhagic Pericardial Effusions (Hemopericardium)- Differential Diagnosis Framework

IATROGENIC DISEASE
Secondary to invasive cardiac procedures

NONIATROGENIC
• Malignancy (e.g., metastatic spread:
Hemopericardium)- Differential ... infarction • Aortic ... dissection - proximal ... RA, and other CTD ... Hemopericardium #Differential
Aortoenteric Fistula - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology:
• Uncommon but life-threatening
• Most common site of bowel connection
• Should be on differential ... de novo between aorta ... suspicion for AEF: CTA ... • CT findings ... Management: SURGERY
This is a suprasternal notch view demonstrating an aortic flap in a patient with a Stanford
dissection. ... allowed the CV surgeon ... the confirmatory CTA ... and standard treatment ... dissection.