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HEART Score allows us to risk stratify low risk chest pain patients and get them out
stratify low risk chest ... with a single troponin ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Myocarditis
Diagnosis 
• Endomyocardial biopsy (gold standard, rarely performed) 
• Clinical presentation 
• Cardiovascular MRI 
Clinical 
•
intolerance • Chest ... failure • Elevated troponin ... Diagnosis #Management #Cardiology
Lung Segment Anatomy Annotated on Chest CT
Right Lung:
 • Upper Lobe: Apical, Posterior, Anterior
 • Middle
Anatomy Annotated on Chest ... lobes #Segments #Chest ... #CT #CTChest #pulmonary ... #clinical #radiology
Signs of Pulmonary Hypertension on Chest CT
 • Main PA is dilated and larger than the
Hypertension on Chest ... PHTN #ChestCT #CTChest ... #Radiology #cardiology
Chest Pain - Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm

History and Exam
Acute life-threatening causes:
 • Acute myocardial infarction
 •
Chest Pain - Diagnosis ... aPTT • Serial troponin ... MatthewHoMD #Chest
Differentiating Pacemaker vs ICD on Chest XRay
 - Single Chamber PPM
 - Single Chamber ICD
 -
Pacemaker vs ICD on Chest ... ChestXRay #CXR #Radiology ... comparison #clinical #cardiology
Differentiating type-I vs. type-II MI

Sorting this out is difficult, often relying heavily on clinical judgement.

A key
develop transient chest ... pain and a troponin ... any stressor (chest ... pain and troponin
Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Cardiovascular Causes of Chest Pain:
 • Myocardium:
	- Myocarditis
	- CAD/ACS
	- Valvulopathy
	- Myopericarditis
Chest Pain - Differential ... Cardiovascular Causes of Chest ... Pain: • Chest ... Other Causes of Chest ... Diagnosis #Causes #Cardiology
Chest Pain / ACS Evaluation Algorithm
Algorithm that attempts to the use history taking (guided by LRs),
Chest Pain / ACS ... factors - Initial troponin ... diagnosis #Algorithm #cardiology
Chest XRay Anatomy Labeled

#Clinical #Radiology #Anatomy #CXR #ChestXRay #Labeled
Chest XRay Anatomy ... Labeled #Clinical #Radiology