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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
Hypertensive Emergency and Hypertensive Crisis - Blood Pressure Targets
 • Hypertensive Emergency
 • Ischemic Stroke (w/
Crisis - Blood ... Hemorrhagic Stroke • Aortic ... Dissection • ... Targets #Goals #management ... #treatment #HTN
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
Aortic Dissection Pearls
Aortic dissection is caused by a tear in the tunica intima, the innermost layer
Aortic Dissection ... Pearls Aortic dissection ... Pulse deficit/differential ... ~60 • Control blood ... #management #vascular
Aortic Dissection - Diagnosis and Management Summary
 • HPI: sudden onset, "tearing" chest pain, radiation to
Aortic Dissection ... • Imaging: CTA Dissection ... includes ascending aorta ... MetroHealth_EM #Aortic ... #treatment
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
Secondary Causes of Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hypertension - BP > 140/90 (>130/80 for DM)
Hypertensive urgency
- Differential ... visits, Ambulatory blood ... • Nephritic syndrome ... Anatomic Causes: • Aortic ... Secondary #Nephrology #Differential
Primary and Secondary Causes of Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Primary (Essential) (95%) - Onset between age
- Differential ... Repeatedly normal blood ... Mechanical • Aortic ... excess (Cushing syndrome ... HTN #Cardiology #Differential
Approach to the Hypotensive Patient - Differential Diagnosis Framework for Hypotension

Blood Pressure = Heart Rate x
Framework for Hypotension ... Blood Pressure ... • Sick sinus syndrome ... regurgitation • Aortic ... regurgitation • Aortic
Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction: Management Principles

General Therapeutic Principles:
Reduce the congestive state 
 - Caution
Ejection Fraction: Management ... excessively Control blood ... pressure - Central aortic ... blood pressure ... dCHF #Diastolic #Treatment