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Life Threatening Causes of Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Table

 • ACS
 • Aortic Dissection
 •
Causes of Chest Pain ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Table • ACS ... • Aortic Dissection ... ChestPain #Chest #Pain
Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Cardiovascular Causes of Chest Pain:
 • Myocardium:
	- Myocarditis
	- CAD/ACS
	- Valvulopathy
	- Myopericarditis
Diagnosis Framework ... Myocarditis - CAD/ACS ... Vascular: - Aortic ... dissection - ... #Differential #Diagnosis
PETMAC Mnemonic for Deadly Causes of Chest Pain

P - Pulmonary Embolism
E - Esophageal Rupture
T - Tension
Causes of Chest Pain ... Myocardial Infarction (ACS ... ) A - Aortic Dissection ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Chest #Pain #ChestPain
Anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (AION) - Recognition of giant cell arteritis (GCA)

1) Is visual loss caused
cell arteritis (GCA ... Clinical manifestations ... Dramatic efficacy of GCs ... Ophthalmology #Diagnosis ... #Algorithm
Mesenteric Ischemia - Differential Diagnostic Schema
Chronic: ASCVD, Venous, Vasculitides 5% (PAN, [E]GPA, IgA, MPA)
Acute
 - Venous
Vasculitides 5% (PAN ... , [E]GPA, IgA, MPA ... Heart failure, Dissection ... hypovolemia), Meds/Treatments ... #algorithm
IgG4-Related Disease
Clinical history:  Man, 60 years, multiorgan involvement, unique or multiple inflammatory pseudotumor
4 phenotypes:
 •
Related Disease Clinical ... Retroperitoneum and aorta ... conventional imaging (aorta ... maintenance with GCs ... GC-dependency
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
those coming off aorta ... Diagnosis = clinical ... claudication: pain ... that worsens as ... Treatment of GCA
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
dependent DM ACS ... algorithm to determine ... Change in clinical ... • <12mo since ACS ... stratification #diagnosis
Esophageal Necrosis
Etiology:
 - Ischemia and Gastric Outlet Obstruction with GERD may be inciting events
 - Associated
acidosis, and Aortic ... dissection. ... restored to esophagus Clinical ... Diagnosis: - EGD ... : - Treatment of
This is a suprasternal notch view demonstrating an aortic flap in a patient with a Stanford
dissection. ... interscapular pain ... CTA and standard treatment ... for a more rapid diagnosis ... Delta Hospital #Clinical