Aorta - Aortic Dissection Flap
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61 year-old male presented with one day history of generalized abdominal pain, nausea, and vomiting. He was hemodynamically stable (BP 130/59); EKG notable for the presence of U waves and lateral ST depressions; labs revealed a negative troponin, potassium 3.1, lactic acid 5.4. Abdominal POCUS seen here revealed an abdominal aortic dissection flap as his unifying diagnosis. Richard Cunningham, MD. Emergency Medicine