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Chest Pain - Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm

History and Exam
Acute life-threatening causes:
 • Acute myocardial infarction
 •
Chest Pain - Diagnosis ... and Workup Algorithm ... Pulmonary embolism • Cardiac ... : • EKG • Bedside ... MatthewHoMD #Chest
Wellens' Syndrome on ECG

A 66-year-old man with hypertension and hyperlipidemia presents after an episode of severe
episode of severe chest ... while walking to work ... performed as seen ... #EKG #Electrocardiogram ... #Clinical #Cardiology
EKG in Acute Pulmonary Embolism
The sensitivity and specificity for EKG findings in acute PE are low.
EKG
EKG in Acute Pulmonary ... other causes of cardio-pulmonary ... ., A-Fib also a ... Transition Point to V5 (as ... AcutePE #diagnosis #cardiology
An Approach to Acute Dyspnea - Diagnostic Framework

From the HPI, PMH, vitals, focused physical exam (e.g.
physical exam (e.g ... . cardiac, pulmonary ... exams), and the chest ... Dyspnea #Acute #Workup
Wellens' Sign: LAD-T Wave Inversion 
Life threatening T wave inversions in precordial leads. Often V2-V3 
Specific
period without chest ... pain, as they result ... Serial EKGS in pts ... Wellens #Sign #EKG ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology
The cardiac cycle and the ECG, all together explained

#Pathophysiology #Cardiology #CardiacCycle #Stages #Systole #Diastole #HeardSounds #Pressures
The cardiac cycle ... and the ECG, all ... Pathophysiology #Cardiology
Intraoperative Cardiac Ischaemia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

If the patient is unconscious, signs of cardiac
Intraoperative Cardiac ... symptoms may include chest ... as soon as possible ... consultation with cardiology ... Diagnosis #Management #Workup
Chest Pain / ACS Evaluation Algorithm
Algorithm that attempts to the use history taking (guided by LRs),
Chest Pain / ACS ... to identifying ACS ... (+LR 2.6) - Cardiac ... - History - EKG ... diagnosis #Algorithm #cardiology
Transposition of Great Arteries (TGA) on Chest XRay
 - Oval Shaped Cardiac Silhouette 
 - Narrow
Arteries (TGA) on Chest ... - Oval Shaped Cardiac ... vasculature - Egg-on-a-string ... CXR #ChestXRay #Radiology
Approach to the Hypercoagulable State
Arterial thromboembolism
→ Cardiac rhythm monitoring, Echocardiogram, Vascular imaging
→ Test for APS, particularly
thromboembolism → Cardiac ... • Provoked (e.g ... - No other workup ... Inherited and APS ... Hypercoagulable #Workup