Detection of Type B Aortic Dissection in the Emergency Department with Point-of-Care Ultrasound
Aortic dissection (AD) is a rare, time-sensitive, and potentially fatal condition that can present with subtle signs requiring timely diagnosis and intervention. Although definitive diagnosis is most accurately made through computed tomography angiography, this can be a time-consuming study and the...
Main Authors: | Emily Earl-Royal, Phi D. Nguyen, Al’ai Alvarez, Laleh Gharahbaghian |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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eScholarship Publishing, University of California
2019-08-01
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Series: | Clinical Practice and Cases in Emergency Medicine |
Online Access: | https://escholarship.org/uc/item/7jf15054 |
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