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Abnormal pulsation in the neck in the setting of Aortic Coarctation

10 yo male,  his father
Coarctation ... Echocardiogram shows ... aortic coarctation ... Mario Vargas Galgani ... #Coarctation #Aorta
Type B Aortic Dissection Flap on POCUS Echocardiogram - PLAX

Elderly male with hypertension and DM presents
Type B Aortic Dissection ... Flap on POCUS Echocardiogram ... Elderly male with hypertension ... #Dissection #Flap ... #POCUS #Echocardiogram
Outpatient Hypertension Management Algorithm
Monotherapy: 
 • Thiazide/thiazide-like 
 • ACE-I (non-black patients), 
 • ARB
Outpatient Hypertension ... Management Algorithm ... Ischemic Stoke* • Aortic ... Dissection ... #Management #Algorithm
Hypertensive Emergency and Hypertensive Crisis - Blood Pressure Targets
 • Hypertensive Emergency
 • Ischemic Stroke (w/
Hypertensive Emergency ... and Hypertensive ... Hemorrhagic Stroke • Aortic ... Dissection • ... Targets #Goals #management
Aortic Coarctation on Echocardiogram
10 yo male,  his father has TGV with a Senning surgery
Aortic Coarctation ... on Echocardiogram ... aortic coarctation ... Mario Vargas Galgani ... #coarctation #Echocardiogram
Aortic Coarctation on Chest CT
10 yo male,  his father has TGV with a Senning surgery
Aortic Coarctation ... Echocardiogram shows ... aortic coarctation ... Mario Vargas Galgani ... #coarctation #ChestCT
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
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
Causes of Secondary Hypertension ... : Resistant hypertension ... previously stable values ... artery stenosis, Coarctation ... of aorta, Vasculitis
Shock Classification
Shock Definition: State of cellular and tissue hypoxia due to: reduced oxygen delivery, increased oxygen
Mechanical → severe aortic ... valvular rupture, dissection ... of ascending aorta ... severe pulmonary hypertension ... Types #diagnosis #management
Shock Types - Classification
State of cellular and tissue hypoxia due to: reduced oxygen delivery, increased oxygen
Mechanical → severe aortic ... valvular rupture, dissection ... of ascending aorta ... severe pulmonary hypertension ... types #diagnosis #management