11 results
Type B Aortic Dissection Flap on POCUS Echocardiogram - PLAX

Elderly male with hypertension and DM presents
Type B Aortic Dissection ... Flap on POCUS Echocardiogram ... presents with chest ... Diagnosis? ... #POCUS #Echocardiogram
Type A Dissection on POCUS (PLAX view)

39 yo M w CP drops his BP in ED.
Type A Dissection ... on POCUS (PLAX ... What's the Diagnosis ... #Echocardiogram ... #Ultrasound #POCUS
Relevant Sonopathology of the Parasternal Long Axis (PLAX) - Point of Care Ultrasound
 - Right Ventricular
Point of Care Ultrasound ... Dilatation - Aortic ... Dissection - Aortic ... @emspocus #Diagnosis ... #POCUS #Echocardiogram
Type A Aortic Dissection with Hemopericardium

This patient presents with chest pain. Which is the best next
Type A Aortic Dissection ... presents with chest ... #PLAX #Echocardiogram ... #POCUS #Clinical ... #Ultrasound
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 • ... EKG • Bedside ultrasound
This is a parasternal long axis view demonstrating significant enlargement of the aortic root with an
an identified dissection ... Division Chief, Ultrasound ... Director #Clinical #POCUS ... #Cardiac #Echocardiogram ... #PLAX #AorticDissection
This is a parasternal long axis view of a young patient presenting with 3 days of
Beside ultrasound ... In this case, the ... dissection.- Michael ... EM #Radiology #POCUS ... #CardiacUS #ParsternalLong
Causes of Acute Pericarditis:

Infectious;

Viral: 
Adenovirus 
Coxsackie virus A and B 
Echovirus 
Epstein-Barr virus 
Hepatitis 
Human immunodeficiency
Causes of Acute ... Radiation Aortic ... dissection (with ... pericardial sac ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Intracardiac Rhabdomyomas on Echocardiogram

Huge cardiac masses...initially diagnosed in utero, mass just beneath the aortic valve Anguished
Huge cardiac ... diagnosed in utero ... just beneath the aortic ... clinical #cardiology #pocus ... #plax
CABG Graft Pseudoaneurysm

Chest pain post CABG - always worth taking a look!  Large graft pseudoaneurysm!!
encounter challenging cardiac ... the diagnosis, ... anticoags - VCU Ultrasound ... #echocardiogram ... #s4c