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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 on POCUS Echocardiogram ... Robert Jones @RJonesSonoEM ... #TypeB #Aortic ... #POCUS #Echocardiogram
Relevant Sonopathology of the Parasternal Long Axis (PLAX) - Point of Care Ultrasound
 - Right Ventricular
Dilatation - Aortic ... Dissection - Aortic ... Heart Failure - Aortic ... - Pericardial Effusion ... Diagnosis #POCUS #Echocardiogram
Aortic Dissection on POCUS Echocardiogram - PSAX view
Patient presented with chest pain.
TEE sens (97-99%), TTE sens
Aortic Dissection ... on POCUS Echocardiogram ... associated pericardial effusion ... Robert Jones @RJonesSonoEM ... #Aortic #Dissection
Cardiac Rupture with Pericardial Effusion

Apical 4 chamber. Note larger right sided pericardial effusion with significant compression
with Pericardial Effusion ... sided pericardial effusion ... Robert Jones @RJonesSonoEM ... #pericardial #effusion ... MyocardialInfarction #AMI #POCUS #Echocardiogram
Hemorrhagic Pericardial Effusions (Hemopericardium)- Differential Diagnosis Framework

IATROGENIC DISEASE
Secondary to invasive cardiac procedures

NONIATROGENIC
• Malignancy (e.g., metastatic spread:
Hemorrhagic Pericardial Effusions ... Secondary to invasive cardiac ... infarction • Aortic ... dissection - proximal ... CAUSES • PRIMARY Cardiac
Aortic Dissection on POCUS Echocardiogram (PLAX)

Parasternal long axis of the heart showing a dilated AOFT >4cm
Aortic Dissection ... on POCUS Echocardiogram ... dissection. ... a pericardial effusion ... #Echocardiogram
Aortic Dissection Flap on Abdominal POCUS

Older patient found-aphasia, left sided weakness. Last known well 90min ago.
Aortic Dissection ... Echogenic pericardial effusion ... Dissection flap ... Robert Jones @RJonesSonoEM ... #Aortic #Dissection
This is a parasternal long axis view demonstrating significant enlargement of the aortic root with an
enlargement of the aortic ... an identified dissection ... proximal ascending aorta ... Clinical #POCUS #Cardiac ... #Echocardiogram
Shock Classification
Shock Definition: State of cellular and tissue hypoxia due to: reduced oxygen delivery, increased oxygen
diminished tissue perfusion ... Mechanical → severe aortic ... valvular rupture, dissection ... of ascending aorta ... pneumothorax, cardiac
Shock Types - Classification
State of cellular and tissue hypoxia due to: reduced oxygen delivery, increased oxygen
diminished tissue perfusion ... Mechanical → severe aortic ... valvular rupture, dissection ... of ascending aorta ... pneumothorax, cardiac