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Type A Dissection on POCUS (PLAX view)

39 yo M w CP drops his BP in ED.
Type A Dissection ... on POCUS (PLAX ... Non-ischemic EKG ... Echocardiogram #PLAX #Clinical ... #Ultrasound #POCUS
This is a suprasternal notch view demonstrating an aortic flap in a patient with a Stanford
This is a suprasternal ... dissection. ... dissection. ... Delta Hospital #Clinical ... #POCUS #CardiacUS
This is a parasternal long axis view of a young patient presenting with 3 days of
widening of the aortic ... dissection.- Michael ... Northwestern University #Clinical ... #EM #Radiology ... #POCUS #CardiacUS
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
CA • Involves aortic ... Early embolic/ischemic ... block, annular or aortic ... Endocarditis #diagnosis #management ... #cardiology
Esophageal Necrosis
Etiology:
 - Ischemia and Gastric Outlet Obstruction with GERD may be inciting events
 - Associated
Necrosis Etiology: - Ischemia ... acidosis, and Aortic ... dissection. ... restored to esophagus Clinical ... Necrosis #diagnosis #management
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
history of: a) Ischemic ... Change in clinical ... risk (>5%): - Aortic ... one post op Cardiology ... medical and surgical management
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
our friends from Cardiology ... of the resting cardiac ... cannot, coronary ischemia ... echocardiogram #management ... #clinical #criticalcare
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
our friends from Cardiology ... of the resting cardiac ... cannot, coronary ischemia ... #diagnosis #management ... #cardiology #clinica
Cardiac LV Thrombus on Echocardiogram Short-Axis View (PSAX)
48 year old woman in ICU for acute ischemic
ICU for acute ischemic ... What are the next POCUS ... tests are not POCUS ... Echocardiogram #PSAX #clinical ... #cardiology
Cardiac LV Thrombus on Echocardiogram (A4C)
48 year old woman in ICU for acute ischemic limb. PMHx
ICU for acute ischemic ... What are the next POCUS ... tests are not POCUS ... Echocardiogram #A4C #clinical ... #cardiology