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Aortic Dissection Pearls
Aortic dissection is caused by a tear in the tunica intima, the innermost layer
is caused by a ... with chest/abd/back ... tissue disorder e.g ... blood pressure: e.g ... #Dissection #diagnosis
Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Cardiovascular Causes of Chest Pain:
 • Myocardium:
	- Myocarditis
	- CAD/ACS
	- Valvulopathy
	- Myopericarditis
Diagnosis Framework ... Myopericarditis • Vascular ... : - Aortic dissection ... Gastritis - PUD ... #Causes #Cardiology
Causes of Low Back Pain - Differential Diagnosis
Intrinsic Spine: Lumbar strain, Herniated nucleus pulposus, Compression fracture,
Causes of Low Back ... Pain - Differential ... Diagnosis Intrinsic ... Referred: • Vascular ... - abdominal aortic
Chest Pain - Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm

History and Exam
Acute life-threatening causes:
 • Acute myocardial infarction
 •
Chest Pain - Diagnosis ... life-threatening causes ... infarction • Aortic ... dissection • ... Initial workup: • EKG
Aortic Dissection - Diagnosis and Acute Management
Pain: Chest, Back, Abdo, Migrating, Above & below diaphragm, Abrupt
Aortic Dissection ... Acute Management Pain ... : Chest, Back, Abdo ... #Dissection #Diagnosis ... #vascular
Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiovascular Causes:
 - Outflow Obstruction
     • Aortic
Chest Pain - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Dissection ... : - Vascular ... ChestPain #Noncardiac #Cardiology
Back Pain - Differential Diagnosis
Primary Back Pathology:
 • Musculoligamentous injury (a.k.a. lumbosacral strain)
 • Spondylosis (i.e.
Back Pain - Differential ... (e.g. ankylosing ... spondyloarthritis (e.g ... : • Aorta: Dissection ... #Diagnosis #causes
Common causes of Acute Kidney Injury AKI - Differential Diagnosis
HEMODYNAMIC
 • Cardiac failure: Impaired forward flow,
Common causes of ... - Differential Diagnosis ... syndrome) • Vascular ... occlusion (e.g. ... , antibiotics, PPI
This is a parasternal long axis view of a young patient presenting with 3 days of
He had no chest pain ... x-ray and and ECG ... In this case, the ... dissection.- Michael ... #POCUS #CardiacUS
Coronary Ostium Obstruction by Aortic Intimal Flap on Echocardiogram
Aortic intimal flap may alternately obstruct right and
elevations in different ECG ... Stankovic, MD, PhD ... Intimal #Flap #dissection ... Echocardiogram #clinical #cardiology ... #pocus