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Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Cardiovascular Causes of Chest Pain:
 • Myocardium:
	- Myocarditis
	- CAD/ACS
	- Valvulopathy
	- Myopericarditis
dissection - SCAD • Pericardium ... : - Pericarditis ... - Tamponade ... Pulmonary Causes ... • Pleura: - Effusion
Shock - Diagnosis and Management Summary
 • Hypotension: SBP<90, SBP drop >40, MAP<65 (Normotension, HTN possible
Setup - Ultrasound ... telemetry, 12-Lead EKG ... > Constrictive pericarditis ... , Pericardial Tamponade ... - Pulmonary
Chest pain after AFib ablation. What’s the most likely diagnosis?

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You are all correct: the patient had
You are all correct ... w/ a moderate pericardial ... effusion (likely ... Dx pericarditis ... #EKG #ECG #Pericarditis
Severe Heart Failure & Cardiogenic Shock - Management Checklist 
Evaluation 
 - EKG & echocardiography
& Cardiogenic Shock ... edema - Large effusion ... (no B-lines on ultrasound ... NSAlDs, ACE-inhibitors ... #HeartFailure #Cardiology
Acute and Chronic Causes of Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis
Pulmonary/Chest Wall:
 • Acute: Trauma, COPD exacerbation, Asthma
flare, Pleural effusion ... Tumor, Pleural effusion ... , Pulmonary Hypertension ... Valvular disease, Tamponade ... Anemia, Arrhythmia, Pericarditis
Myocarditis 

5 Principles of
Myocarditis:
1. Build clinical suspicion
2. Decide on EMBx
3. Manage acute cardiac injury
4. Manage chronic
HF, Cardiogenic shock ... , Arrythmias, Pericarditis ... , Tamponade EKG ... agent, steroids, AC ... diagnosis #management #cardiology
DETROIT CARDIOGENIC SHOCK INITIATIVE ALGORITHM

INCLUSION CRITERIA
Acute Myocardial Infarction
 Ischemic Symptoms
 EKG and/or biomarker evidence of AMI
Ischemic Symptoms  EKG ... visualization with use of ultrasound ... TIMI III flow in all ... major epicardial ... Initiative #Management #Cardiology
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
importantly, bedside ultrasound ... with presence of pulmonary ... ECG is vital while ... essentially Cardiogenic Shock ... algorithm #management #cardiology
Causes of ST Segment Elevation - Differential Diagnosis Framework

STEMI:
 • Upsloping convex STE: "Pardee's sign" +
depression Pericarditis ... QRS complex Pulmonary ... Prinzmetal's Angina: • Epicardial ... differential #diagnosis #cardiology ... #ecg #ekg #electrocardiogram