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Type B Aortic Dissection Flap on POCUS Echocardiogram - PLAX

Elderly male with hypertension and DM presents
Flap on POCUS Echocardiogram ... - PLAX Elderly ... Diagnosis? ... the descending aorta ... #Cardiology #clinical
Type A aortic dissection on Echocardiogram

Ivan Stankovic, MD, PhD @Ivan_Echocardio

#TypeA #aortic #dissection #aorta #Echocardiogram #plax #s4c
Stankovic, MD, PhD ... #dissection #aorta ... Echocardiogram #plax ... #s4c #clinical ... #cardiology #pocus
Catheter in the Aorta Mimicking Dissection on Echocardiogram
An easy case for POCUS / FoCUS lovers.
Catheter in the Aorta ... structure in the aorta ... Stankovic, MD, PhD ... #Catheter #Aorta ... #cardiology #pocus
High Central Neuraxial Block - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
• Can occur with deliberate or accidental
obstetrics, relieve aorto-caval ... of unrelieved aorto-caval ... Consider other causes ... • Obstetric aorto-caval ... #Management #Workup
Complex Aortic Atheroma on Suprasternal Notch View 
Never forget the suprasternal view during standard TTE examination.

Would
statin in all cases ... Stankovic, MD, PhD ... #Atheroma #aorta ... Echocardiogram #clinical ... #cardiology #pocus
Intracardiac Rhabdomyomas on Echocardiogram

Huge cardiac masses...initially diagnosed in utero, mass just beneath the aortic valve Anguished
Huge cardiac masses ... ...initially diagnosed ... just beneath the aortic ... #cardiology #pocus ... #plax
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
exclude other causes ... Differential Diagnosis ... exertion, orthopnea, PND ... support for patients clinically ... #management #cardiology
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
JVD, Orthopnea/PND ... the determined cause ... #diagnosis #differential ... #algorithm #management ... #cardiology #treatment
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
those coming off aorta ... Diagnosis = clinical ... very remarkable w/differential ... identifies 85 to 95% of cases ... #Management
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy (PPCM)

What is PPCM?
• A form of acute systolic heart failure that develops late in
Key Point: High clinical ... , selenium) Differential ... heart failure • Aortic ... recognition and management ... Cardiomyopathy #Cardiology