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Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiovascular Causes:
 - Outflow Obstruction
     • Aortic
Obstruction • Aortic ... Dissection ... Injury • ... Radiculopathy #ChestPain ... #Noncardiac #Cardiology
Causes of Severe Aortic Regurgitation - Differential Diagnosis
Acute:
 • Leaflet: Traumatic Rupture, Acute Infective Endocarditis, Acute
Acute Infective Endocarditis ... : Acute Aortic Dissection ... , Traumatic Injury ... Aneurysms and Dissection ... Diagnosis #Causes #cardiology
Type A Aortic Dissection on Suprasternal Notch View - POCUS
Sudden onset chest pain. Disturbingly normal vitals.
Type A Aortic Dissection ... Type A Aortic Dissection ... - VCU Ultrasound ... #Notch #SSN #POCUS ... #clinical #vascular
Unexpected type III aortic dissection while looking for aortic valve endocarditis

Ivan Stankovic, MD, PhD @Ivan_Echocardio

#TypeIII #aortic
dissection while ... valve endocarditis ... #dissection #vascular ... #clinical #pocus ... #ultrasound
Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Cardiovascular Causes of Chest Pain:
 • Myocardium:
	- Myocarditis
	- CAD/ACS
	- Valvulopathy
	- Myopericarditis
Myopericarditis • Vascular ... : - Aortic dissection ... #Chest #Pain #ChestPain ... Diagnosis #Causes #Cardiology
Aortic and Mitral Valve Vegetations in Endocarditis on POCUS - PLAX

Why would this 30 y/o male
Aortic and Mitral ... Vegetations in Endocarditis ... OR to fix his valvular ... #Vegetations #Endocarditis ... #cardiology
Right Parasternal View on POCUS Echocardiogram
 - Right lateral decubitus position with transducer at 2nd/3rd Intercostal
Parasternal View on POCUS ... to assess trans-valvular ... velocity in aortic ... stenosis or dissection ... Echocardiogram #clinical #cardiology
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
CA • Involves aortic ... Septic Emboli Cause Injury ... insult due to vascular ... block, annular or aortic ... diagnosis #management #cardiology
Double Valve Sign - Type A Aortic Dissection on POCUS Echocardiogram

STEMI on EKG: check the echo!
Sign - Type A Aortic ... Dissection on POCUS ... - VCU Ultrasound ... #Dissection #POCUS ... Echocardiogram #cardiology
Aortic Valve Endocarditis on POCUS Echocardiogram (PLAX)
50 yo female presents with fever & flu-like symptoms.
Aortic Valve Endocarditis ... on POCUS Echocardiogram ... Endocarditis #POCUS ... PLAX #clinical #ultrasound ... #cardiology