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...

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Main Authors: Emily Earl-Royal, Phi D. Nguyen, Al’ai Alvarez, Laleh Gharahbaghian
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eScholarship Publishing, University of California 2019-08-01
Series:Clinical Practice and Cases in Emergency Medicine
Online Access:https://escholarship.org/uc/item/7jf15054

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