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Chest Pain - Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm

History and Exam
Acute life-threatening causes:
 • Acute myocardial infarction
 •
infarction • Aortic ... dissection • ... Esophageal rupture Initial
Features That Differentiate Acute Pericarditis from Myocardial Ischemia or Infarction and Pulmonary Embolism

In contrast to the
pain may be the initial ... such as MI or aortic ... dissection.
Proximal Aortic Dissection on POCUS Echocardiogram (PLAX)
42 yo F with chest pain, tachycardia and HTN. 
What
Proximal Aortic ... Dissection on POCUS ... Intimal flap seen ... - aortic dissection ... #Dissection #POCUS
Type A Aortid Dissection - Suprasternal View

Type A Aortic Dissection (TAD), present on this suprasternal view
Type A Aortid Dissection ... View Type A Aortic ... Dissection (TAD ... #TypeA #Aortic # ... Dissection #TAD
Esophageal Necrosis
Etiology:
 - Ischemia and Gastric Outlet Obstruction with GERD may be inciting events
 - Associated
acidosis, and Aortic ... dissection. ... hit" Hypothesis: initial
This is what the intimal flap of an Aortic Dissection looks like on Ultrasound. Be able
This is what the intimal ... flap of an Aortic ... Dissection looks ... #AbdominalUS #Aorta ... #Sagittal #Dissection
Type B Aortic Dissection Flap - Proximal abdominal aorta - Transverse View

#TypeB #Aortic #Dissection #Aorta #Transverse
Type B Aortic Dissection ... Proximal abdominal aorta ... View #TypeB #Aortic ... #Dissection #Aorta
Aortic Dissection - Stanford / DeBakey Classification
Stanford A / DeBakey II - Dissection involving the ascending
Aortic Dissection ... / DeBakey II - Dissection ... the ascending aorta ... the descending aorta ... #Aortic #Dissection
Type B Aortic Dissection Flap on POCUS Echocardiogram - PLAX

Elderly male with hypertension and DM presents
Type B Aortic Dissection ... patient had a type B dissection ... Look at the intimal ... the descending aorta ... #Dissection #Flap
Figure 1. The most common classification systems of thoracic aortic dissection: Stanford and DeBakey.

#Diagnosis #Aortic #Dissection
systems of thoracic aortic ... dissection: Stanford ... #Diagnosis #Aortic ... #Dissection #Aorta