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Mediastinal Widening - Differential Diagnosis

 • Vascular: Aortic dissection, Aortic anourysm, Enlarged pulmonary arteries, Venous or
- Differential ... Diagnosis • ... dissection, Aortic ... Pericardial effusion • CXR ... #radiology
Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiovascular Causes:
 - Outflow Obstruction
     • Aortic
Diagnosis Algorithm ... Dissection ... Aneurysm • Pericarditis ... Myocarditis Pulmonary / Mediastinal ... • Somatoform Disorder
Pulse Abnormalities - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unequal/DeIayed:
 • Obstructive arterial disease (ie. Atherosclerosis)
 • Aortic dissection
 •
dissection • ... • Constrictive Pericarditis ... Abnormalities #Disorders ... #Cardiology #Differential ... #causes
Causes of Acute Pericarditis:

Infectious;

Viral: 
Adenovirus 
Coxsackie virus A and B 
Echovirus 
Epstein-Barr virus 
Hepatitis 
Human immunodeficiency
Causes of Acute ... Radiation Aortic ... dissection (with ... Procainamide Metabolic disorders ... Differential #Diagnosis
Palpitations - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
• It is an unpleasant awareness or sensation that the heart is
Palpitations - Differential ... tachycardia • Pericarditis ... disease (e.g., aortic ... Psychiatric: • Panic disorder ... #Differential #
Causes of ST Segment Elevation - Differential Diagnosis Framework

STEMI:
 • Upsloping convex STE: "Pardee's sign" +
depression Pericarditis ... Electrolyte Disorders ... Post-cardioversion • Acute aortic ... dissection • ... #diagnosis #cardiology