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Chest Pain - Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm

History and Exam
Acute life-threatening causes:
 • Acute myocardial infarction
 •
Chest Pain - Diagnosis ... embolism • Cardiac ... Initial workup: • EKG ... ultrasound • CXR ... MatthewHoMD #Chest
Tetralogy of Falot on Chest X-Ray
Tetralogy of Falot comprises four defects -
1. Ventricular septal defect (VSD)
2.
Tetralogy of Falot on Chest ... caused the upturned cardiac ... the most common cardiac ... Tetralogy #Falot #Chest ... #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
Atrial Fibrillation Overview

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

1. Why?
Cardiac:
• Valvular heart disease
•
exercise intolerance, chest ... Cardiac: • Valvular ... Noncardiac: • Pulmonary ... #Fibrillation #Cardiology ... #Management #Algorithm
Artificial Heart Valve Replacement - Positioning on Chest X-Ray

#HeartValve #Replacement #Positioning #Chest #XRay #radiology #clinical #CXR
Artificial Heart ... Positioning on Chest ... #Positioning #Chest ... #XRay #radiology ... #clinical #CXR
Cardiac incisura
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On the right side of the chest the lung will lie against
Cardiac incisura ... right side of the chest ... against the anterior chest ... #Clinical #Radiology ... Cardiac #Incisura
Myocarditis
Diagnosis 
• Endomyocardial biopsy (gold standard, rarely performed) 
• Clinical presentation 
• Cardiovascular MRI 
Clinical 
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performed) • Clinical ... Cardiovascular MRI Clinical ... intolerance • Chest ... shock, sudden cardiac ... Diagnosis #Management #Cardiology
On the left another patient with a large cardiac silhouette on the chest x-ray due to
patient with a large cardiac ... silhouette on the chest ... CT-reconstruction #Clinical ... #Radiology #CXR ... #CTChest #Cardiomegaly
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
Anticipated Valve Locations on Chest Xray - *These are anticipated locations.  The locations could be
Valve Locations on Chest ... chamber enlargement, cardiac ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Lateral #