Resuscitative transesophageal echocardiography identifies aortic dissection intussusception as the cause of aVR STEMI

Background: Emergency physician use of transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) is emerging as a promising tool to aid diagnosis and treatment during resuscitation. Case report: We present a case of aVR ST-elevation myocardial infarction followed by witnessed cardiac arrest and diagnosis of aortic dis...

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Main Authors: Andrew Loftus, Samer Abou-Arbid, David Marshall, Julian Suszanski, Christopher Clark
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Published: Elsevier 2023-06-01
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2773232023000251
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Samer Abou-Arbid
David Marshall
Julian Suszanski
Christopher Clark
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description Background: Emergency physician use of transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) is emerging as a promising tool to aid diagnosis and treatment during resuscitation. Case report: We present a case of aVR ST-elevation myocardial infarction followed by witnessed cardiac arrest and diagnosis of aortic dissection by resuscitative TEE intra-arrest. We propose the aortic dissection caused severe aortic regurgitation, left ventricular outflow tract obstruction and coronary artery malperfusion due to intimal intussusception through the aortic valve, ultimately resulting in death. Why should an emergency physician be aware of this?: Resuscitative TEE rapidly identified this unexpected life-threatening pathology and drastically changed patient management.
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spelling doaj-art-151f5c44742140d18652e5a85e06a88c2024-11-22T07:40:17ZengElsevierJEM Reports2773-23202023-06-0122100029Resuscitative transesophageal echocardiography identifies aortic dissection intussusception as the cause of aVR STEMIAndrew Loftus0Samer Abou-Arbid1David Marshall2Julian Suszanski3Christopher Clark4Department of Emergency Medicine, Henry Ford Hospital, 2799 W. Grand Blvd, Detroit, MI, 48202, USADepartment of Emergency Medicine, Henry Ford Hospital, 2799 W. Grand Blvd, Detroit, MI, 48202, USADepartment of Emergency Medicine, Henry Ford Hospital, 2799 W. Grand Blvd, Detroit, MI, 48202, USADepartment of Emergency Medicine, Henry Ford Hospital, 2799 W. Grand Blvd, Detroit, MI, 48202, USACorresponding author.; Department of Emergency Medicine, Henry Ford Hospital, 2799 W. Grand Blvd, Detroit, MI, 48202, USABackground: Emergency physician use of transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) is emerging as a promising tool to aid diagnosis and treatment during resuscitation. Case report: We present a case of aVR ST-elevation myocardial infarction followed by witnessed cardiac arrest and diagnosis of aortic dissection by resuscitative TEE intra-arrest. We propose the aortic dissection caused severe aortic regurgitation, left ventricular outflow tract obstruction and coronary artery malperfusion due to intimal intussusception through the aortic valve, ultimately resulting in death. Why should an emergency physician be aware of this?: Resuscitative TEE rapidly identified this unexpected life-threatening pathology and drastically changed patient management.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2773232023000251UltrasoundSTEMIAortic dissectionaVRResuscitative TEETransesophageal echocardiography
spellingShingle Andrew Loftus
Samer Abou-Arbid
David Marshall
Julian Suszanski
Christopher Clark
Resuscitative transesophageal echocardiography identifies aortic dissection intussusception as the cause of aVR STEMI
JEM Reports
Ultrasound
STEMI
Aortic dissection
aVR
Resuscitative TEE
Transesophageal echocardiography
title Resuscitative transesophageal echocardiography identifies aortic dissection intussusception as the cause of aVR STEMI
title_full Resuscitative transesophageal echocardiography identifies aortic dissection intussusception as the cause of aVR STEMI
title_fullStr Resuscitative transesophageal echocardiography identifies aortic dissection intussusception as the cause of aVR STEMI
title_full_unstemmed Resuscitative transesophageal echocardiography identifies aortic dissection intussusception as the cause of aVR STEMI
title_short Resuscitative transesophageal echocardiography identifies aortic dissection intussusception as the cause of aVR STEMI
title_sort resuscitative transesophageal echocardiography identifies aortic dissection intussusception as the cause of avr stemi
topic Ultrasound
STEMI
Aortic dissection
aVR
Resuscitative TEE
Transesophageal echocardiography
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2773232023000251
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