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Proximal Aortic Dissection on POCUS Echocardiogram (PLAX)
42 yo F with chest pain, tachycardia and HTN. 
What
Echocardiogram (PLAX ... and ascending aorta ... Intimal flap seen ... in ascending aorta ... Echocardiogram #PLAX
Type B Aortic Dissection Flap on POCUS Echocardiogram - PLAX

Elderly male with hypertension and DM presents
Flap on POCUS Echocardiogram ... - PLAX Elderly ... flap in the descending ... aorta. ... #PLAX #Cardiology
POCUS Echocardiography - Table of Cardiac Views and Windows
 • Parastemal Long-Axis View (PLAX)
 • Parasternal
Long-Axis View (PLAX ... Parasternal Short-Axis (PSAX ... • SC Abdominal Aorta ... Long Axis • PSAX ... : Aortic Valve (
Parasternal Short axis, fan proximal and look for Aortic Valve in a plane shows all three
Valve in a plane ... leaflets coining the ... #AorticValve #Aorta ... Echocardiogram #POCUS ... #PSAX
Type A Dissection on POCUS (PLAX view)

39 yo M w CP drops his BP in ED.
(PLAX view) ... Non-ischemic EKG ... hemopericardium and tamponade ... #Aorta #Echocardiogram ... #PLAX #Clinical
Aortic Dissection on POCUS Echocardiogram (PLAX)

Parasternal long axis of the heart showing a dilated AOFT >4cm
(PLAX) Parasternal ... dynamic intimal flap ... in the aorta and ... a pericardial effusion ... Echocardiogram #PLAX
TypeA Aortic Dissection on POCUS Echocardiogram

80yo F presents with CP&SOB after syncope. BP 91/62, HR81, O2sat
EKG: afib, twi I ... rwp with 1-2mm ste ... hemopericardium and tamponade ... #Dissection #Aorta ... Clinical #Ultrasound #PLAX
Double Valve Sign - Type A Aortic Dissection on POCUS Echocardiogram

STEMI on EKG: check the echo!
Double Valve Sign ... - Type A Aortic ... Echocardiogram STEMI on EKG ... Echocardiogram #cardiology ... #clinical #plax
Echocardiogram Windows - Nomenclature
Each view is described using three (3) components
1) Transducer Position or "Window"
., LAX, SAX, or4C ... (MV), Aortic valve ... #Nomenclature #POCUS ... #cardiology #views ... #TTE #orientations
Aortic Dissection on POCUS Echocardiogram - PSAX view
Patient presented with chest pain.
TEE sens (97-99%), TTE sens
- PSAX view Patient ... of associated pericardial ... effusion/tamponade ... Echocardiogram #PSAX ... #clinical #cardiology