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Proximal Aortic Dissection on POCUS Echocardiogram (PLAX)
42 yo F with chest pain, tachycardia and HTN. 
What
Dissection on POCUS ... yo F with chest pain ... pathology on #POCUS ... #Dissection #POCUS ... PLAX #clinical #cardiology
Life Threatening Causes of Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Table

 • ACS
 • Aortic Dissection
 •
Causes of Chest Pain ... Differential Diagnosis Table ... • ACSAortic ... ChestPain #Chest #Pain ... differential #diagnosis #table
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 pain ... Dissection #Flap #POCUS ... Echocardiogram #PLAX #Cardiology
Parasternal Short axis, fan proximal and look for Aortic Valve in a plane shows all three
proximal and look for Aortic ... a plane shows all ... #AorticValve #Aorta ... Echocardiogram #POCUS ... #Clinical #cardiology
POCUS Echocardiography - Table of Cardiac Views and Windows
 • Parastemal Long-Axis View (PLAX)
 • Parasternal
POCUS Echocardiography ... - Table of Cardiac ... • SC Abdominal Aorta ... Axis • PSAX: Aortic ... Echocardiography #Cardiology
Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Cardiovascular Causes of Chest Pain:
 • Myocardium:
	- Myocarditis
	- CAD/ACS
	- Valvulopathy
	- Myopericarditis
Chest Pain - Differential ... Causes of Chest Pain ... Myocarditis - CAD/ACS ... Vascular: - Aortic ... Diagnosis #Causes #Cardiology
Left Main Coronary Artery Thrombus seen on Angiography

“Mother of all coronary thrombi”.  55 year old
Left Main Coronary ... “Mother of all ... from LMCA into aortic ... established, but died on table ... CathLab #clinical #cardiology
Aortic Dissection Sagittal View POCUS

Take a look at the appearance of a pericardial effusion, as well
Sagittal View POCUS ... chest and belly pain ... The radiology resident ... jaffa_md #Clinical #POCUS ... #Aorta #Aortic
Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiovascular Causes:
 - Outflow Obstruction
     • Aortic
Chest Pain - Differential ... Obstruction • Aortic ... Infarction • Stable ... Embolism (chest pain ... ChestPain #Noncardiac #Cardiology
Severity of Aortic Stenosis in Adults 
Current ACC/AHA guidelines recommend cut-off values for Doppler-echocardiographic measurements of
Severity of Aortic ... Adults Current ACC ... as follows: aortic ... >50 mmHg (2) (Table ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology