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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? ... the descending aorta ... #Flap #POCUS #Echocardiogram
Type A Dissection on POCUS (PLAX view)

39 yo M w CP drops his BP in ED.
Type A Dissection ... on POCUS (PLAX ... What's the Diagnosis ... hemopericardium and tamponade ... #Aorta #Echocardiogram
This is a parasternal long axis view demonstrating significant enlargement of the aortic root with an
proximal ascending aorta ... Assistant Professor of Emergency ... Director #Clinical #POCUS ... #Cardiac #Echocardiogram ... #Aorta #Flap
CT scan with IV contrast showing acute Stanford type A dissection of the ascending aorta. The
acute Stanford type ... the ascending aorta ... is evidence of cardiac ... tamponade. ... AorticDissection #CTChest #Emergency
ED Thoracotomy Instructions

Getting Into the Chest:
1. Bilateral finger thoracotomies
  • 4th or 5th intercostal space
Asystole and no tamponade ... Compress aorta ... ribs until feel aorta ... Cardiac Massage ... • 2 flat hands
Shock Types - Classification
State of cellular and tissue hypoxia due to: reduced oxygen delivery, increased oxygen
infarction, following cardiac ... dissection of ascending aorta ... pneumothorax, cardiac ... tamponade, constrictive ... #diagnosis #management
Aortic dissection on Cardiac CTA

This is a amazing gated CTA showing a real time cine clip
on Cardiac CTA ... This was a cardiac ... the ascending aorta ... the descending aorta ... cardiology #radiology #aorta
Shock Classification
Shock Definition: State of cellular and tissue hypoxia due to: reduced oxygen delivery, increased oxygen
infarction, following cardiac ... dissection of ascending aorta ... pneumothorax, cardiac ... tamponade, constrictive ... #diagnosis #management
This is a suprasternal notch view demonstrating an aortic flap in a patient with a Stanford
flap in a patient ... with a Stanford Type ... for a more rapid diagnosis ... #CardiacUS #SuprasternalNotch ... #AorticFlap #Aorta