ITE Review: Cardiovascular

-STEMI most common misdiagnosis (usually inferior)-Definitive Testing-TEE: most expedient, S&S about 100%, ‘unstable’ pts. Contraindicated with esophageal disease-Aortography: traditional gold standard, S&S =90%, not done in ED-CTA: almost 100% S&S, may miss rapidly moving flap-Treatment-10-15 units of blood on standby, surgical consultation ................
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