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Chest Pain - Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm

History and Exam
Acute life-threatening causes:
 • Acute myocardial infarction
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life-threatening causes ... Pulmonary embolism • Cardiac ... ultrasound • CXR ... Serial troponin; HEART ... score for PE • CTA
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 apex due ... the most common cardiac ... #XRay #CXR #clinical
Cardiac incisura
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On the right side of the chest the lung will lie against
Cardiac incisura ... wall, since the heart ... This causes a density ... #CXR #Lateral # ... Cardiac #Incisura
Amyloidosis on POCUS Echocardiogram - Apical 4 Chamber (A4C)
Pt with systemic AL amyloidosis presents with 1
appearance of heart ... on CXR. ... amyloidosis with cardiac ... #Amyloidosis #Cardiac ... #POCUS #clinical
Amyloidosis on POCUS Echocardiogram - Subcostal 4 Chamber (S4C)
Pt with systemic AL amyloidosis presents with 1
appearance of heart ... on CXR. ... amyloidosis with cardiac ... #Amyloidosis #Cardiac ... #POCUS #clinical
Cardiac metastasis of lung cancer (2D/3D TTE)

What is the most common type of cancer to metastasize
Cardiac metastasis ... 36% to 39% of cardiac ... Ivan_Echocardio #Cardiac ... echocardiogram #pocus ... #a4c #3d
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
Fraction (HFrEF) Clinical ... Chest x-ray: signs ... effusions). 1/5 pts ... → no signs of CXR ... Consider cardiac
Here we have an apical 4 chamber view with right ventricle dilation, IV fluid and blood
swirling in the right heart ... and basically no cardiac ... Emergency Medicine #Clinical ... #POCUS #ACLS #CPR ... #PulseCheck #A4c
Post-Arrest Liver Laceration on POCUS
Liver laceration can occur secondarily to chest compressions. Delays in detecting post-arrest
secondarily to chest ... biased towards cardiac ... causes for post-arrest ... Liver #Laceration #cpr ... #POCUS #clinical
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
renal failure Clinical ... e.g. incidental CXR ... dyspnea, cough, chest ... neuropathy or cardiac ... posterior MSK, heart