{"pk":710,"title":"Importance of Multiple-window Assessment for the Diagnosis of Ascending Aortic Dissection Using Point-of-care Ultrasound: Report of Three Cases","subtitle":null,"abstract":"Acute ascending aortic dissection has a high mortality rate and requires rapid diagnosis and treatment. Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) can aid in the diagnosis. The aortic root is usually evaluated in the parasternal long-axis view; however, a dissection flap is not always visible in this projection. We present three cases of acute, type A aortic dissection in which the dissection flap was only evident in the apical five-chamber and subxyphoid views. These cases suggest that POCUS may play a pivotal role in the initial diagnosis of acute ascending aortic dissection and highlight the importance of viewing multiple windows to fully evaluate this possibility.","language":"en","license":{"name":"Creative Commons Attribution 4.0","short_name":"CC BY 4.0","text":"Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.\r\n\r\nNo additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0"},"keywords":[],"section":"Case Series","is_remote":true,"remote_url":"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/6qn4h59f","frozenauthors":[{"first_name":"Virginia","middle_name":"","last_name":"Zarama","name_suffix":"","institution":"Fundación Valle del Lili, ICESI University, Department of Emergency Medicine, Cali, Colombia","department":"None"},{"first_name":"María","middle_name":"C.","last_name":"Arango-Granados","name_suffix":"","institution":"Fundación Valle del Lili, ICESI University, Department of Emergency Medicine, Cali, Colombia","department":"None"},{"first_name":"Luis","middle_name":"A.","last_name":"Bustamante Cristancho","name_suffix":"","institution":"Fundación Valle del Lili, ICESI University, Department of Emergency Medicine, Cali, Colombia","department":"None"}],"date_submitted":"2019-08-05T22:51:08+03:00","date_accepted":"2019-08-05T22:51:08+03:00","date_published":"2019-08-05T23:50:08+03:00","render_galley":null,"galleys":[{"label":"","type":"","path":"https://journalpub.escholarship.org/uciem_cpcem/article/710/galley/467/download/"}]}