Catheter in the Aorta Mimicking Dissection on Echocardiogram An easy case for POCUS / FoCUS lovers. This is NOT an aortic dissection! What is it then? The flap-like structure in the aorta was a catheter, as we were getting ready for an alcohol septal ablation. Otherwise, it looks like a dissection. FoCUS is not the interpretation of stored images and should always be interpreted in the clinical context Ivan Stankovic, MD, PhD @Ivan_Echocardio #Aortic #Catheter #Aorta #a4c #Echocardiogram #clinical #cardiology #pocus
