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Lecture 5: Chest Pain Readings Flashcards

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Classic presentation of cardiac chest pain

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Retrosternal in the left anterior chest with crushing, tightness, squeezing, or pressure brought on by exertion but relieved with rest

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What demographics are more likely to have atypical presentations of cardiac chest pain?

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  1. Women
  2. Minorities
  3. Diabetics
  4. Elderly
  5. Psychiatric disease
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How do patients with ACS tend to present on physical?

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Normal.

Vitals are primarily abnormal.

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What EKG findings suggest ACS?

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  • New STE
  • Q waves
  • New LBBB
  • T-wave inversions or normalizations
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What underlying condition can elevate cTn?

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Renal failure

This is why we want serial trops

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If we suspect Pulmonary embolism, what criterias can help us?

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  • PERC (PE Rule-out Criteria)
  • Wells Score
  • Revised Geneva Scores
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Classic description of aortic dissection

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Sudden onset of severe, tearing pain that radiates to the intrascapular area of the back.

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RFs for aortic dissection

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  • Male
  • > 50
  • Uncontrolled HTN
  • Cocaine
  • Atherosclerosis
  • Marfans/EDS
  • Valve replacement
  • Pregnant
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Classic spontaneous pneumothorax case

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  • Sudden onset, sharp, pleuritic chest pain with dyspnea
  • Tall, slender male who smokes, COPD, and asthma
  • Decreased breath sounds on affected side
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Classic acute pericarditis case

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  • Sharp, severe, constant, retrosternal pain radiating to back, neck or jaw
  • Pain worse when supine but relieved sitting forward
  • Pericardial friction rub
  • PR depression, diffuse STE or T-wave inversions
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What are the MSK causes of chest pain?

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  • Costcochondritis
  • Xiphoidynia
  • Precordial catch syndrome
  • Intercostal strain 2/2 coughing, pectoralis muscle strain
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What are the GI causes of chest pain?

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  • GERD
  • Dyspepsia
  • Esophageal motility disorder

Need imaging/diagnostics to differentiate

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What is the first medication given to patients at risk for AMI in the ED?

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Aspirin

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What criteria helps with risk stratification of AMI?

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  • TIMI (Thrombosis in MI)
  • Global Registry of ACE
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What falls under ACS?

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  • STEMI
  • NSTEMI
  • Unstable Angina
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RFs for CAD

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  • Older Male
  • FHx
  • Smoking
  • HTN
  • Hypercholesterolemia
  • DM
  • Cocaine
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If we suspect ACS, what is the workup to order?

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  • EKG
  • Serum cTn
  • CXR
  • CBC
  • Lytes
  • PT/PTT
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How is unstable angina dx?

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  • Lack of STEMI or NSTEMI
  • Began in last 2 months
  • Increased S/S compared to existing angina
  • Existing angina but it also occurs at rest
  • Evidence of CAD
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STEMI goals

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  1. Systemic thrombolytic within 30min of arrival
  2. PCI within 90min (PREFERRED)
  3. If you can get PCI within 120 minutes, you go for PCI, even if systemic thrombolytics are available.
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MONA for ACS

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  • Morphine
  • O2 > 95%
  • NTG
  • Aspirin chewable 160-324 mg
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When is clopidogrel indicated for ACS?

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  • High risk STEMI or NSTEMI.
  • Used as adjunct to ASA, but can be used alone if allergy to ASA.
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When to use LWMH/UFH for ACS?

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Unstable angina or NSTEMI

UFH preferred for CABG.

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When is fondaparinux used in ACS?

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Replacement of UFH in unstable angina or NSTEMI.

Also usable in STEMI without renal impairment that used streptokinase.

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When can fibrinolytics be used for STEMI?

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  1. NO timely access to PCI
  2. Time to treat < 6-12 hrs of onset
  3. EKG showing 1mm or greater STE in 2+ contiguous leads
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If a patient begins significant bleeding post systemic thrombolytics, what do we do?

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  • Crystalloid + PRBCs
  • Cryoprecipitate + FFP to reverse
  • Last resort: TXA or aminocaproic acid
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What anti-ischemic drug should be given within 24h of ACS?

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BB

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What is meant by low-probability ACS?

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  • Chest pain suggest possible coronary ischemia
  • Lack of STE or depression
  • Initial cardiac biomarkers are not elevated
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How does low-risk chest pain present?

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Pleuritic, positional, sharp, stabbing or reproducible

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What falls under the primary evaluation for ACS?

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  • H&P
  • EKG
  • Cardiac biomarker (initial)
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What are the categories to classify people into post primary evaluation of ACS?

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  1. Acute MI
  2. Probable acute ischemia (high risk for MACE)
  3. Possible acute ischemia (intermediate risk for MACE)
  4. Possible acute ischemia (low risk for MACE)
  5. Definitely not ischemia
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What is the primary goal of a secondary evaluation for ACS?

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  • Exclude MI
  • Exclude unstable angina
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Who is noninvasive stress testing recommended to in terms of risk?

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Low to intermediate risk patients

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Initial management of suspected ACS in the ED

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  1. MONA (morphine, oxygen, ntg, asa)
  2. Metoprolol PO
  3. DAPT vs heparin vs enoxaparin
34
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MC cardiomyopathy

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DCM

Usually idiopathic

35
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Clinical features of DCM

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  • S/S of acute HF due to systolic pump dysfunction
  • DOE, Orthopnea, PND
  • Rales, Dependent edema, hepatomegaly, holosystolic murmur, sometimes chest pain
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Dx of DCM

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Echocardiogram showing

  • decreased EF
  • ventricular enlargement
  • increased systolic and diastolic volumes

A big ventricle

37
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Chronic therapy for DCM

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  • Diuretics
  • Digoxin
  • ACEi
  • BBs

Edema is a common symptom

38
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If ventricular ectopy occurs due to DCM, what drug will treat it?

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Amiodarone

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Clinical features of myocarditis

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  • Myalgias, HA, rigors, fever, tachycardia
  • Chest pain with coexisting pericarditis is common
  • Pericardial friction rub
  • Severe: S/S of HF

Myocarditis is a common cause of DCM

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Management of Myocarditis

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  • Supportive care + admission
  • ABX if bacterial is suspected
  • Monitor for HF symptoms
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What is an LVAD?

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Left ventricular assist device, which is a pump that transfers blood from the apex of the LV to proximal aorta.

42
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Clinical features of an LVAD?

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  • Continuous pumps may cause abnormal palpable pulses
  • Discernible QRS complexes
  • Whirr like heart sounds from LVAD pump
43
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What are the common complications of LVADs?

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  • Infection (ABX)
  • Anemia (transfusions)
  • Bleeding
  • Thromboembolism (heparin)
44
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What is HCM?

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  • Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, characterized by asymmetric LVH or RVH, resulting in decreased compliance of LV, impaired diastolic function and filling
  • Normal EF, normal CO
  • Often hereditary
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Clinical Features of HCM

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  • Worsens with age
  • DOE is MC symptom, followed by angina, palps, and syncope
  • S4 + systolic ejection murmur at LLSB or apex without radiation
  • Murmur is enhanced by valsalva/standing
  • Murmur is decreased by squatting and passive leg elevation

Squatting increases LV filling

LLSB = lower left sternal border

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EKG findings suggestive of HCM

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  • LVH
  • LAE
  • Deep S waves with large Q waves

Nonspecific

47
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Best diagnostic for HCM

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Echocardiogram showing disproportionate septal hypertrophy

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Daily tx of HCM

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atenolol 25-50 mg daily

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What is RCM? Common causes?

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  • Restrictive cardiomypathy, characterized by restricted ventricular filling with diastolic dysfunction
  • Etiologies: Sarcoidosis, scleroderma, amyloidosis, idiopathic
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Clinical features of RCM

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  • Dyspnea
  • Orthopnea
  • Pedal edema
  • Angina is uncommon in RCM
  • S3/S4, rales, JVD, kussmaul’s sign, hepatomegaly, pedal edema, or ascites
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What is the primary thing you need to distinguish RCM from?

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Constrictive pericarditis, because it is treatable via surgery, while RCM cannot.

52
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Main pharm tx for RCM

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  • Diuretics
  • ACEi
  • Underlying cause (steroids for sarcoidosis or chelation of hemochromatosis)

Edema is a common symptom.

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Etiologies for acute pericarditis

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  • Infection
  • Malignancy
  • Drugs
  • Radiation
  • CT diseases
  • Uremia
  • Myxedema
  • Dressler’s (post-MI syndrome)
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Clinical features of acute pericarditis

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  • Sharp or stabbing precordial/restrosternal angina radiating
  • Pain worse supine, alleviated by sitting up and leaning forward
  • Radiation to left trapezial ridge is distinct
  • Intermittent friction rub at LLSB
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How does EKG stage 1 of acute pericarditis present?

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  • Diffuse STE, esp in I, V5, V6
  • PR depression in 2, aVF, V4-6
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How does EKG stage 2 of pericarditis present?

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  • ST segments normalize
  • T-wave amplitude decrease
57
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How does EKG stage 3 of pericarditis present?

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  • T wave inversion in leads that used to have STE
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How does EKG stage 4 of pericarditis present?

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Normal EKG

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What EKG finding is suggestive of acute pericarditis over early repol abnormalities?

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ST segment/T-wave amplitude ratio > 0.25 in I, V5, V6

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Management of acute pericarditis

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  • Viral/idiopathic = NSAIDs like ibuprofen Q6h outpatient
  • Colchicine BID may prevent recurrence
  • If associated myocarditis, admit
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What autoimmune condition can cause cardiac tamponade?

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Clinical features of nontraumatic cardiac tamponade

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  • Mild to severe shock
  • MC: Dyspnea
  • Tachycardia, Low SBP, narrow PP
  • Pulsus paradoxus
  • JVD
  • Distant heart sounds
  • RUQ pain (if hepatomegaly)

Beck’s triad is JVD, hypotension, distant heart sounds

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EKG findings associated with cardiac tamponade

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  • Low voltage QRS
  • STE with PR depression
  • Electrical alternans (classic but uncommon)
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Best test for cardiac tamponade

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Echo showing large pericardial effusion with RA or RV diastolic collapse

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Management of Cardiac tamponade

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  • Resuscitatation
  • IV of 500-1000 mL NS to temporarily improve hemodynamics
  • Pericardiocentesis
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Clinical features of constrictive pericarditis

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  • Similar presentation to HF and RCM
  • DOE, pedal edema, hepatomegaly, ascites
  • Kussmaul’s sign (inspiratory neck vein distention)
  • CT/MRI/Doppler Echo is best for Dx
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What features of an AAA are likely to require surgery?

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  • > = 5.0cm
  • Symptomatic
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Clinical features of a ruptured AAA

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  • Older male smoker with atherosclerosis presenting with sudden severe back or abd pain, hypotension, and pulsatile abdominal mass
  • Retroperitoneal rupture may cause Cullen’s, Grey-Turner, or scrotal hematoma, but is generally rare.

Cullens = periumbilical
Gray cullens = bilateral flank

69
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What is the MC misdiagnosis of a AAA?

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Renal colic :(

70
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Imaging for AAA

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  • Bedside Abdominal U/S can find it and its diameter
  • CT can delineate its full details and associated rupture
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Management of a AAA

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  • Vascular consult
  • Stabilize with goal SBP of 90
  • 3-5cm = refer, 5.0cm and higher = monitor closely
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Clinical features of aortic dissection

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  • Blood between intimal and adventitial layers of aorta
  • Acute chest pain most severe at its onset and radiating to the back
  • Ascending = anterior chest pain most commonly
  • Descending = abdominal/back pain most commonly
  • Older than 50 with hx of HTN
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Stanford classification of Aortic Dissections

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  • Type A for ascending aorta
  • Type B for descending aorta

A = ascending

74
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DeBakey classification of aortic dissections

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  • Type 1: Involvement of both ascending and descending
  • Type 2: Ascending only
  • Type 3: Descending only
75
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What are the unique S/S that may suggest aortic dissection?

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  • Compression of recurrent laryngeal nerve (Hoarse voice)
  • Compression of superior cervical sympathetic ganglion (Horner’s syndrome)
  • Aortic insufficiency
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Dx of Aortic dissection

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  • CXR: abnormal aortic contour + mediastinal widening, tracheal deviation
  • CT w/ con can detect the false lumen + identify extent of dissection (IMAGING OF CHOICE)
  • TEE if you can get it
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Management of aortic dissection

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  • Vascular consult
  • Manage HTN via esmolol or labetalol
  • Goal HR: 60-70
  • Goal SBP: 100-120
  • Consider nitroprusside or nicardipine once inotropic blockage is achieved but SBP still > 120.

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