Why the study?
Aortic dissection requires rapid and accurate diagnosis given high mortality, but definitive CTA can be expensive, time-consuming, and not always available in the community.
Population
A 59-year-old man presenting with severe chest pain, hypotension, and bradycardia
Design
Case report
Authors
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Bedside TTE may enable rapid type A dissection diagnosis in select ED cases; leaves open its accuracy versus CTA in larger cohorts.
Bedside ultrasound can rapidly diagnose Stanford Type A aortic dissection in the emergency department, expediting definitive imaging and life-saving surgical intervention.
Craen et al. (2019) studied this question.
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