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Chest Pain - Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm

History and Exam
Acute life-threatening causes:
 • Acute myocardial infarction
 •
Pneumothorax • Pulmonary ... embolism • Cardiac ... Initial workup: • EKG ... ultrasound • CXR ... Serial troponin; HEART
Tetralogy of Falot on Chest X-Ray
Tetralogy of Falot comprises four defects -
1. Ventricular septal defect (VSD)
2.
typical boot shaped heart ... caused the upturned cardiac ... along with concave Pulmonary ... the most common cardiac ... #XRay #CXR #clinical
Transposition of Great Arteries (TGA) on Chest XRay
 - Oval Shaped Cardiac Silhouette 
 - Narrow
Arteries (TGA) on Chest ... - Oval Shaped Cardiac ... - Increased pulmonary ... GreatArteries #TGA #CXR ... #Diagnosis #Clinical
Amyloidosis on POCUS Echocardiogram - Parasternal long axis (PLAX)
Pt with systemic AL amyloidosis presents with 1
Amyloidosis on POCUS ... appearance of heart ... on CXR. ... with cardiac involvement ... #Cardiac #POCUS
Amyloidosis on POCUS Echocardiogram - Apical 4 Chamber (A4C)
Pt with systemic AL amyloidosis presents with 1
Amyloidosis on POCUS ... appearance of heart ... on CXR. ... with cardiac involvement ... #Cardiac #POCUS
Amyloidosis on POCUS Echocardiogram - Subcostal 4 Chamber (S4C)
Pt with systemic AL amyloidosis presents with 1
Amyloidosis on POCUS ... appearance of heart ... on CXR. ... with cardiac involvement ... #Cardiac #POCUS
Amyloidosis on POCUS Echocardiogram - Parasternal short axis (PSAX)
Pt with systemic AL amyloidosis presents with 1
Amyloidosis on POCUS ... appearance of heart ... on CXR. ... with cardiac involvement ... #Cardiac #POCUS
Atrial Fibrillation Overview

Symptoms:
Palpitations, light-headedness, dizziness, dyspnea, exercise intolerance, chest pain, near-syncope, syncope.

1. Why?
Cardiac:
• Valvular heart disease
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exercise intolerance, chest ... Cardiac: • Valvular ... Noncardiac: • Pulmonary ... #Fibrillation #Cardiology ... #Management #Algorithm
Chest Pain / ACS Evaluation Algorithm
Algorithm that attempts to the use history taking (guided by LRs),
Chest Pain / ACS ... classification, and the HEART ... (+LR 2.6) - Cardiac ... - History - EKG ... #cardiology #Angina
Myocarditis
Diagnosis 
• Endomyocardial biopsy (gold standard, rarely performed) 
• Clinical presentation 
• Cardiovascular MRI 
Clinical 
•
performed) • Clinical ... intolerance • Chest ... gallop • Abnormal ECG ... shock, sudden cardiac ... Diagnosis #Management #Cardiology