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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 ... tamponade • Esophageal ... ultrasound • CXR ... Serial troponin; HEART
Interstitial pneumonias
An acute reticular pattern is most frequently caused by interstitial edema due to cardiac heart
interstitial edema due to cardiac ... heart failure. ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Acute #Interstitial ... Pneumonia #PJP #RadiologyAssistant
Diffuse consolidation
The most common cause of diffuse consolidation is pulmonary edema due to heart failure.
This is
The most common cause ... have an acute cardiac ... , may have non-cardiac ... Radiology #Pulmonary #CXR ... #Differential #RadiologyAssistant
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
Cardiac Tamponade - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Caused by an accumulation of blood, pus, effusion fluid
Cardiac Tamponade ... indicated, start CPR ... • Call for cardiac ... tamponade recurs ... anaesthesia #Cardiac
Especially in patients who had recent cardiac surgery an enlargement of the heart figure can indicate
who had recent cardiac ... change in the heart ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTS #CXR #PostSurgical ... PericardialEffusion #RadiologyAssistant
Tetralogy of Falot on Chest X-Ray
Tetralogy of Falot comprises four defects -
1. Ventricular septal defect (VSD)
2.
caused the upturned ... cardiac apex due ... the most common cardiac ... #Chest #XRay #CXR ... #clinical #radiology
Hemopericardium on Autopsy 
Autopsy result of hemorrhagic pericardial effusion and cardiac tamponade. The myocardial wall is
pericardial effusion and cardiac ... tamponade. ... literally smother the heart ... pericardial #effusion #CTS ... thoracic #cardiology #clinical
Left lower lobe atelectasis - There is a triangular density seen through the cardiac shadow.
This must
seen through the cardiac ... posterior to the heart ... the opposite #Clinical ... #Radiology #CXR ... Lobar #Collapse #RadiologyAssistant
On a chest film only the outer contours of the heart are seen.
In many cases we
In many cases we ... Enlargement will cause ... Anatomy #Radiology #CXR ... Atrium #Ventricle #Cardiac ... #Chambers #RadiologyAssistant