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Chest Pain - Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm

History and Exam
Acute life-threatening causes:
 • Acute myocardial infarction
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Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm ... life-threatening causes ... ultrasound • CXR ... aPTT • Serial troponin ... ; HEART score
Chest Pain / ACS Evaluation Algorithm
Algorithm that attempts to the use history taking (guided by LRs),
classification, and the HEART ... physical activity - Nausea ... factors Calculate a HEART ... factors - Initial troponin ... #cardiology #Angina
Pacemaker Identification Algorithm

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Identification Algorithm ... application that uses ... Heart Rhythm 2011 ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology ... #Radiology #CXR
Interstitial pneumonias
An acute reticular pattern is most frequently caused by interstitial edema due to cardiac heart
most frequently caused ... due to cardiac heart ... The other cause ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Acute #Interstitial
Diffuse consolidation
The most common cause of diffuse consolidation is pulmonary edema due to heart failure.
This is
The most common cause ... from the various causes ... The increased heart ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CXR
Calcifications Around the Heart on Chest XRay
Case #1: This appearance is typical of pericardial calcification &
Calcifications Around the Heart ... on Chest XRay Case ... Calcifications #Heart ... #Chest #XRay #CXR ... #radiology #cardiology
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 ... complication in Cyanotc Heart ... #Chest #XRay #CXR ... peds #pediatrics #cardiology
The PA-film shows a silhouette sign of the left heart border.
Even without looking at the lateral
sign of the left heart ... to a pneumonia caused ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Pneumonia
CHF - Left-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Valvular Disease (Preserved Diastolic/Systolic Function)
 • Mitral Stenosis
CHF - Left-Sided Heart ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... #HeartFailure #Cardiology ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #causes
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
to an elevated Troponin ... ensues, and the Troponin ... treat the primary cause ... may not be the case ... #diagnosis #algorithm