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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 in the descending ... aorta. ... #Aortic #Dissection ... #PLAX #Cardiology
Proximal Aortic Dissection on POCUS Echocardiogram (PLAX)
42 yo F with chest pain, tachycardia and HTN. 
What
and ascending aorta ... Intimal flap seen ... in ascending aorta ... #clinical #cardiology ... #TypeA #proximal
Double Valve Sign - Type A Aortic Dissection on POCUS Echocardiogram

STEMI on EKG: check the echo!
Double Valve Sign ... - Type A Aortic ... ultrasound_vcu #DoubleValve ... #Sign #TypeA #Aortic ... Echocardiogram #cardiology
Parasternal Short axis, fan proximal and look for Aortic Valve in a plane shows all three
Valve in a plane ... leaflets coining the ... #AorticValve #Aorta ... POCUS #Clinical #cardiology ... #PSAX
Type A Dissection Flap on Transthoracic Echocardiogram

Case of the week: Outpt TTE, 3month f/u EF monitor
A Aortic Dissection ... This is a TTE, parasternal ... long, looking at aortic ... valve. ... POCUS #Clinical #PLAX
Aortic Dissection on POCUS Echocardiogram (PLAX)

Parasternal long axis of the heart showing a dilated AOFT >4cm
Echocardiogram (PLAX ... patient had a type ... dynamic intimal flap ... in the aorta and ... #clinical #cardiology
This is a suprasternal notch view demonstrating an aortic flap in a patient with a Stanford
flap in a patient ... confirmatory CTA ... with suspicious signs ... /symptoms allows ... SuprasternalNotch #AorticFlap #Aorta
Aortoenteric Fistula - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology:
• Uncommon but life-threatening
• Most common site of bowel connection
duodenum Clinical Signs ... /Symptoms: • Classic ... de novo between aorta ... suspicion for AEF: CTA ... aorta, focal bowel
Marantic Endocarditis 

Epidemiology:
 - Incidence of non-bacterial thrombotic endocarditis (marantic endocarditis if associated with cancer) is
patients with no signs ... vegetations found via TTE ... on mitral and aortic ... Endocarditis #Diagnosis #Management ... #Cardiology
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
those coming off aorta ... systemic sx + signs ... or sed rate): Value ... GCA #Temporal #Signs ... #Management