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Chest Pain - Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm

History and Exam
Acute life-threatening causes:
 • Acute myocardial infarction
 •
Chest Pain - Diagnosis ... Pneumothorax • Pulmonary ... embolism • Cardiac ... tamponade • Esophageal ... MatthewHoMD #Chest
Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Cardiovascular Causes of Chest Pain:
 • Myocardium:
	- Myocarditis
	- CAD/ACS
	- Valvulopathy
	- Myopericarditis
Chest Pain - Differential ... Pericarditis - Tamponade ... Pulmonary Causes ... of Chest Pain: ... #Causes #Cardiology
ASD and Bidirectional Shunt on Cardiac CTA
Cardiac CTA ASD with “artistic rendering” of a bidirectional shunt.
Bidirectional Shunt on Cardiac ... CTA Cardiac CTA ... CCTA for chest pain ... #diagnosis #clinical ... #cardiology
Thoracic Trauma - Lethal 6 and Hidden 6 of Thoracic Trauma
The Lethal 6 of Thoracic Trauma:
Tamponade • Flail ... Chest The Hidden ... Esophageal Injury • Pulmonary ... Thoracic #Trauma #diagnosis ... #management #injuries
Pericardial Tamponade
Beck's Triad 
1. Hypotension 
2. Jugular venous distension 
3. Muffled heart sounds 
Patient will be
Pericardial Tamponade ... of dyspnea and chest ... #Pericardial #Cardiac ... #Triad #Diagnosis ... #Cardiology
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
 •
- Differential Diagnosis ... • Effusion • Cardiac ... Tamponade* • ... Thickening/Masses Chest ... - Other • Anemia
The HEART Score for Chest Pain Patients in the ED

Calculate the HEART Score @ https://www.mdcalc.com/heart-score-major-cardiac-events

#Diagnosis #Management
HEART Score for Chest ... heart-score-major-cardiac-events ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Cardiology #HEARTScore