Diagnosing aortic dissection using point of care ultrasound.

Aortic dissection Diagnosis Echocardiography POCUS Point-of-care ultrasound Ultrasound

Journal

Respiratory medicine case reports
ISSN: 2213-0071
Titre abrégé: Respir Med Case Rep
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101604463

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
2022
Historique:
received: 23 05 2022
accepted: 21 06 2022
entrez: 12 8 2022
pubmed: 13 8 2022
medline: 13 8 2022
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Aortic Dissection is a life-threatening condition that requires prompt diagnosis and management. Patients may have atypical presentations and 4-6.4% of aortic dissections are painless. The diagnosis is usually established by either computed tomography angiography, magnetic resonance angiography or transesophageal echocardiography. Point of care of ultrasonography (POCUS) is a rapid method of diagnosis that is underutilized in current clinical practice. This case report highlights the important role of POCUS to obtain a timely diagnosis.

Identifiants

pubmed: 35958349
doi: 10.1016/j.rmcr.2022.101696
pii: S2213-0071(22)00118-6
pmc: PMC9358464
doi:

Types de publication

Case Reports

Langues

eng

Pagination

101696

Informations de copyright

© 2022 The Authors.

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

None of the authors have any conflict of interest.

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Auteurs

Rana Gunjan (R)

Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Albany Medical College, Albany, NY, USA.

Isam Albaba (I)

Department of Medicine, Albany Medical College, Albany, NY, USA.

Amit Chopra (A)

Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Albany Medical College, Albany, NY, USA.

Swati Mehta (S)

Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Albany Medical College, Albany, NY, USA.

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