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Aortic Dissection Pearls
Aortic dissection is caused by a tear in the tunica intima, the innermost layer
Aortic Dissection ... is caused by a tear ... • Aortic valve disease ... • Cardiac surgery ... Pulse deficit/differential
Type A Dissection Flap on Transthoracic Echocardiogram

Case of the week: Outpt TTE, 3month f/u EF monitor
Transthoracic Echocardiogram ... valve. ... #Aortic #Dissection ... #Flap #Echocardiogram ... #POCUS #Clinical
Aortic and Mitral Valve Regurgitaton on Parasternal long axis (PLAX)

Parasternal long axis (PLAX) is part of
Valve Regurgitaton ... of your basic cardiac ... POCUS eval. ... Regurgitaton #PLAX #clinical ... #cardiology #echocardiogram
Double Valve Sign - Type A Aortic Dissection on POCUS Echocardiogram

STEMI on EKG: check the echo!
Double Valve Sign ... - Type A Aortic ... Dissection on POCUS ... Echocardiogram ... #Dissection #POCUS
24 yo M sent from clinic to ED for + blood cultures. POCUS shows aortic valve
yo M sent from clinic ... POCUS shows aortic ... valve vegetation ... #POCUS #Echocardiogram ... #Cardiac #PLAX
What's the Dx?
• 29-year-old male 
• Transfer community hospital 
• Hypotension
• Renal failure
• Altered mental status.
• 29-year-old male ... mobile mitral valve ... #Clinical #POCUS ... #Echocardiogram ... #Endocarditis #MitralValve
This is a parasternal long axis view demonstrating significant enlargement of the aortic root with an
enlargement of the aortic ... an identified dissection ... Fellowship Director #Clinical ... #POCUS #Cardiac ... #Echocardiogram
Intracardiac Rhabdomyomas on Echocardiogram

Huge cardiac masses...initially diagnosed in utero, mass just beneath the aortic valve Anguished
Huge cardiac ... just beneath the aortic ... valve Anguished ... face but clinically ... #pocus #plax
Lambls Excrescences on Echocardiogram
An incidental finding in a young patient with polyneuritis - there is a
valve. ... valve prolapse ... independent of cardiac ... #clinical #cardiology ... #pocus
This is a suprasternal notch view demonstrating an aortic flap in a patient with a Stanford
dissection. ... This 40ish year ... dissection. ... Delta Hospital #Clinical ... #POCUS #CardiacUS