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Chest Pain - Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm

History and Exam
Acute life-threatening causes:
 • Acute myocardial infarction
 •
Chest Pain - Diagnosis ... Pulmonary embolism • Cardiac ... : • EKG • Bedside ... , PT. aPTT • Serial ... #Pain #Diagnosis
Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy on POCUS

78 year old woman - Acute delirium but complaining of chest pain 
ECG:
Cardiomyopathy on POCUS ... pain ECG: non ... leads Cardiac ... #Ultrasound #Clinical ... Echocardiogram #Cardiology
Pericardial Tamponade
Beck's Triad 
1. Hypotension 
2. Jugular venous distension 
3. Muffled heart sounds 
Patient will be
Tamponade Beck's Triad ... of dyspnea and chest ... paradoxus - ECG ... #Pericardial #Cardiac ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Cardiac Amyloid - Diagnosis, Signs, Symptoms and Management

Clinical Presentation
- exertional dyspnea
- peripheral edema
- exertional syncope
- peripheral
Cardiac Amyloid ... - Diagnosis, Signs ... Management Clinical ... despite hx HTN) EKG ... precordial leads) - atrial
Wellens' Sign: LAD-T Wave Inversion 
Life threatening T wave inversions in precordial leads. Often V2-V3 
Specific
Specific for critical ... period without chest ... Serial EKGS in pts ... #ECG #Electrocardiogram ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Intraoperative Cardiac Ischaemia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

If the patient is unconscious, signs of cardiac
symptoms may include chest ... Consider invasive arterial ... consultation with cardiology ... Intraoperative #Checklist #Diagnosis ... #Management #Workup
Transposition of Great Arteries (TGA) on Chest XRay
 - Oval Shaped Cardiac Silhouette 
 - Narrow
Arteries (TGA) on Chest ... - Oval Shaped Cardiac ... vasculature - Egg-on-a-string ... CXR #ChestXRay #Radiology ... #Diagnosis #Clinical
Myocarditis
Diagnosis 
• Endomyocardial biopsy (gold standard, rarely performed) 
• Clinical presentation 
• Cardiovascular MRI 
Clinical 
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Myocarditis Diagnosis ... intolerance • Chest ... gallop • Abnormal ECG ... shock, sudden cardiac ... #Management #Cardiology
This is a parasternal long axis view of a young patient presenting with 3 days of
x-ray and and ECG ... root, and left atrium ... Northwestern University #Clinical ... #EM #Radiology ... #POCUS #CardiacUS
Pulmonary Embolism on POCUS Echocardiogram

Mid 30's female with chest pain/dyspnea.  Triage EKG (no prior).
's female with chest ... Triage EKG (no prior ... Differential/diagnosis ... Echocardiogram #A4c #clinical ... #cardiology #McConnells