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Type A Dissection on POCUS (PLAX view)

39 yo M w CP drops his BP in ED.
Non-ischemic EKG ... What's the Diagnosis ... #Aorta #Echocardiogram ... #PLAX #Clinical ... #Ultrasound #POCUS
TypeA Aortic Dissection on POCUS Echocardiogram

80yo F presents with CP&SOB after syncope. BP 91/62, HR81, O2sat
TypeA Aortic Dissection ... on POCUS Echocardiogram ... EKG: afib, twi I ... Echocardiogram # ... Clinical #Ultrasound
Chest Pain - Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm

History and Exam
Acute life-threatening causes:
 • Acute myocardial infarction
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Chest Pain - Diagnosis ... life-threatening causes ... infarction • Aortic ... : • EKG • Bedside ... ultrasound
Double Valve Sign - Type A Aortic Dissection on POCUS Echocardiogram

STEMI on EKG: check the echo!
Double Valve Sign - Type ... A Aortic Dissection ... STEMI on EKG ... - VCU Ultrasound ... #plax #clinical
Cardiac Tamponade - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Caused by an accumulation of blood, pus, effusion fluid
help and inform clinical ... • Diagnostic ... to identify pericardial ... toward the largest pericardial ... #Management #Workup
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
- Differential Diagnosis ... of lactate as a clinical ... a multitude of clinical ... - Cocaine - Cyanide ... #causes #typea
Constrictive Pericarditis on Echocardiogram
A 55-year-old female marathon runner presents to clinic w/ 6-months of worsening breathlessness
runner presents to clinic ... had gained 15 kg ... to workup right-heart ... circumferential pericardial ... expiration not meeting diagnostic
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
Hypertension - Workup ... and Differential Diagnosis ... 109 mm Hg) with clinical ... Coarctation of aorta ... #Hypertension #Workup
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
mononeuritis multiplex WORKUP ... o infection • Echocardiogram ... EGPA (↓ LVEF, pericardial ... recent DAN) • EMG ... Goodpasture's cause
Amyloidosis - Summary
Group of disorders associated with extracellular deposition of fibrils formed from low-molecular-weight proteins in
configuration Types ... Clinical suspicion ... Amyloidosis Clinical ... LVH, low-voltage EKG ... • Echocardiogram