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. 2024 Jan 13;5(1):e13075.
doi: 10.1002/emp2.13075. eCollection 2024 Feb.

A woman with back pain

Andrew J Park  1 , Thomas K Hagerman  2 , Kaitlyn N Richter  2 , Ashley Pajela Vorhies  2 , Christopher R Clark  1
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A woman with back pain

Andrew J Park et al. J Am Coll Emerg Physicians Open. .
No abstract available

Keywords: aortic dissection; back pain; echocardiogram; transthoracic echo.

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Figures

FIGURE 1
FIGURE 1
Suprasternal view of the aortic arch showing free flap origination (arrowhead) distal to the left subclavian artery (asterisk).
FIGURE 2
FIGURE 2
Long‐axis view of abdomen demonstrating dissection flap (arrowheads) spanning the descending aorta.
FIGURE 3
FIGURE 3
(A) Long axis abdominal ultrasound and (B) Computed tomography torso demonstrates contrast uptake (arrowheads) in the true/anterior lumen (asterisk). Pulse‐wave Doppler flow over the anterior/true (C) true lumen exhibits spectral broadening depicting mild flow disturbance (bracket), whereas the posterior/false (D) lumen demonstrates greater reverse flow (arrow).
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