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Type B Aortic Dissection Flap on POCUS Echocardiogram - PLAX

Elderly male with hypertension and DM presents
Type B Aortic Dissection ... Echocardiogram - PLAX ... Elderly male with hypertension ... the descending aorta ... #Aortic #Dissection
Causes of Severe Aortic Regurgitation - Differential Diagnosis
Acute:
 • Leaflet: Traumatic Rupture, Acute Infective Endocarditis, Acute
Regurgitation - Differential ... : Acute Aortic Dissection ... Arteritis, Behcet Syndrome ... Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome ... Systemic Arterial Hypertension
Outpatient Hypertension Management Algorithm
Monotherapy: 
 • Thiazide/thiazide-like 
 • ACE-I (non-black patients), 
 • ARB
Management Algorithm ... Ischemic Stoke* • Aortic ... Dissection ... Acute Coronary Syndrome ... #Management #Algorithm
Oral Antihypertensive Medications - Selection by Comorbidities
Comorbidities: 
 • Stable Angina, HFpEF, HFrEF, AFib, TAA/Marfan, Aortic
AFib, TAA/Marfan, Aortic ... Dissection • ... #Medications #Hypertension ... #pharmacology #table ... #management
Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiovascular Causes:
 - Outflow Obstruction
     • Aortic
Chest Pain - Differential ... Obstruction • Aortic ... Non-lschemic • Aortic ... Dissection ... • Pulmonary Hypertension
Shock Types - Classification
State of cellular and tissue hypoxia due to: reduced oxygen delivery, increased oxygen
valvular rupture, dissection ... of ascending aorta ... severe pulmonary hypertension ... #diagnosis #management ... #criticalcare #differential
Shock Classification
Shock Definition: State of cellular and tissue hypoxia due to: reduced oxygen delivery, increased oxygen
valvular rupture, dissection ... of ascending aorta ... severe pulmonary hypertension ... #diagnosis #management ... warm #wet #dry #table
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
- Workup and Differential ... with previously stable ... Coarctation of aorta ... White-coat syndrome ... Workup #causes #Differential
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis and Screening Testing
Common causes: 
 • Renal parenchymal disease
Causes of Secondary Hypertension ... - Differential ... Hyperthyroidism • Aortic ... #Differential # ... Screening #Workup #table
Causes of Renal Infarction - Differential Diagnosis
Thrombosis: Spontaneous
 • Atherosclerotic disease of aorta and renal artery
Renal Infarction - Differential ... • Aneurysms of aorta ... renal artery • Dissection ... , Malignant hypertension ... Infarction #Causes #Differential