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POCUS Echocardiography - Table of Cardiac Views and Windows
 • Parastemal Long-Axis View (PLAX)
 • Parasternal
View (PLAX) • ... • SC Abdominal Aorta ... Long AxisPSAX ... #TTE #Echocardiogram ... Orientations #Atlas #Map
This is a parasternal long axis view demonstrating significant enlargement of the aortic root with an
parasternal long axis ... an identified dissection ... proximal ascending aorta ... Echocardiogram #PLAX ... AorticDissection #Aorta
Aortic Dissection Pearls
Aortic dissection is caused by a tear in the tunica intima, the innermost layer
Aortic Dissection ... wall of the aorta ... • Cardiac surgery ... 100-120, Target MAP ... #Dissection #diagnosis
Aortic dissection on Cardiac CTA

This is a amazing gated CTA showing a real time cine clip
ascending aorta ... descending aorta ... The diagnosis can ... #dissection #CardiacCTA ... cardiology #radiology #aorta
Venous Thrombosis vs Arterial Thrombosis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

VENOUS THROMBOSIS

 • Acquired Risk Factors:
	- >48 hours
Arterial Thrombosis - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... Hyperviscosity, TTP ... atheroemboli) • Aorta ... - Aortic dissection
Hemorrhagic Pericardial Effusions (Hemopericardium)- Differential Diagnosis Framework

IATROGENIC DISEASE
Secondary to invasive cardiac procedures

NONIATROGENIC
• Malignancy (e.g., metastatic spread:
Hemopericardium)- Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... infarction • Aortic ... dissection - proximal ... hemorrhagic fluid may
Mediastinal Mass - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Anterior Mediastinal Mass - 5T’s
 • Thymic neoplasm
 • Teratoma (or
Mediastinal Mass - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... Lymphoma • Thoracic aorta ... dissection ... #Diagnosis #causes
Causes of Renal Infarction - Differential Diagnosis
Thrombosis: Spontaneous
 • Atherosclerotic disease of aorta and renal artery
Atherosclerotic disease of aorta ... • Aneurysms of aorta ... renal artery • Dissection ... of aorta or renal ... aorta or renal