Category: Vascular
Keywords: aortic aneurysm; point-of-care ultrasound; pocus; aortic dissection (PubMed Search)
Posted: 12/4/2023 by Alexis Salerno, MD
(Updated: 10/9/2024)
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Point-of-Care Ultrasound can help to identify signs of thoracic aortic dissection.
One view to help in your assessment is the Parasternal Long Axis View.
To correctly measure the aortic root:
Here is an example of an aortic root aneurysm:
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