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Type A Dissection on POCUS (PLAX view)

39 yo M w CP drops his BP in ED.
on POCUS (PLAX ... Non-ischemic EKG ... What's the Diagnosis ... Echocardiogram #PLAX #Clinical ... #Ultrasound #POCUS
Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiovascular Causes:
 - Outflow Obstruction
     • Aortic
- Differential Diagnosis ... Stenosis - Ischemic ... Angina - Non-lschemic ... Dissection ... ChestPain #Noncardiac #Cardiology
Non-lschemic Causes of Cardiogenic Shock:

Beta-Blockers, Calcium Channel Blockers, Digoxin 

Myocarditis 

Cardiomyopathies (sarcoidosis, amyloidosis, Takatsubo, 
hemochromatosis) 

Valvular
Non-lschemic Causes ... systemic HTN, aortic ... dissection ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Cardiology
CHF - Left-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Valvular Disease (Preserved Diastolic/Systolic Function)
 • Mitral Stenosis
- Differential Diagnosis ... Transient Myocardial Ischemia ... Transient Myocardial Ischemia ... #HeartFailure #Cardiology ... #Algorithm #causes
Type B Aortic Dissection Flap on POCUS Echocardiogram - PLAX

Elderly male with hypertension and DM presents
Type B Aortic Dissection ... Flap on POCUS Echocardiogram ... Diagnosis? ... #PLAX #Cardiology ... #clinical
Bradycardia Diagnostic and Management Algorithm

CONSIDER ETIOLOGY (not inclusive): 
 - STRUCTURAL: sick sinus, AV block, ischemia,
and Management ... sinus, AV block, ischemia ... cardiomyopathy, dissection ... LIFE THREATENING CAUSES ... euglycemia - Ischemia
Transient Monocular Vision loss - Differential Diagnosis
Ischemia	
 - Large artery disease (atherothrombosis, embolus, dissection).
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- Differential Diagnosis ... Ischemia - ... atherothrombosis, embolus, dissection ... disease (anterior ischemic ... Ocular causes -
Intraoperative Cardiac Ischaemia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

If the patient is unconscious, signs of cardiac
Intraoperative Cardiac Ischaemia ... signs of cardiac ischaemia ... factors for cardiac ischaemia ... possible. ❺ If ischaemia ... #Cardiac #Ischemia
Systolic Murmurs - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Benign / Flow / Hyperdynamic:
 • Pregnancy
 • Fever
 • Anemia
Supravalvular
- Differential Diagnosis ... Dysfunction • Ischemia ... Systolic #Murmurs #Cardiology ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Algorithm #causes
Important Causes of Diplopia 
TIER 1-CRITICAL
Basilar artery thrombosis, Botulism, Basilar meningitis, Aneurysmn
TIER 2-EMERGENT:
Vertebral dissection, Myasthenia gravis,
Important Causes ... Diplopia TIER 1-CRITICAL ... EMERGENT: Vertebral dissection ... Ophthalmoplegic migraine, Ischemic ... #differential #diagnosis