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Chest Pain - Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm

History and Exam
Acute life-threatening causes:
 • Acute myocardial infarction
 •
Chest Pain - Diagnosis ... and Workup Algorithm ... Pulmonary embolism • Cardiac ... , PT. aPTT • Serial ... #Algorithm #workup
Right Heart Catheterization Cheat Sheet: Interpretation of Pressures and Waveforms 
Direct measurements
 ● Central venous pressure
Catheterization Cheat ... pressure (PCWP) ● Cardiac ... PCWP]/CO) ● Cardiac ... ventricular stroke work ... Interpretation #Diagnosis
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
EKG Interpretation Cheat Sheet
1) Rate 
 - Regular - Count-Off 
 - Irregular - Count number
Cheat Sheet 1) ... (e.g. ectopic atrial ... • Saw-Tooth = Atrial ... Electrocardiogram #cardiology ... #diagnosis #system
Intraoperative Cardiac Ischaemia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

If the patient is unconscious, signs of cardiac
symptoms may include chest ... Consider invasive arterial ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Workup
Cardiac Amyloid - Diagnosis, Signs, Symptoms and Management

Clinical Presentation
- exertional dyspnea
- peripheral edema
- exertional syncope
- peripheral
Cardiac Amyloid ... - Diagnosis, Signs ... hepatomegaly - normal ... despite hx HTN) EKG ... precordial leads) - atrial
Approach to the Hypercoagulable State
Arterial thromboembolism
→ Cardiac rhythm monitoring, Echocardiogram, Vascular imaging
→ Test for APS, particularly
Hypercoagulable State Arterial ... thromboembolism → Cardiac ... • Provoked (e.g ... #hematology #diagnosis ... #algorithm #hematology
Pulse Abnormalities - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unequal/DeIayed:
 • Obstructive arterial disease (ie. Atherosclerosis)
 • Aortic dissection
 •
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Unequal ... • Obstructive arterial ... Takayasu disease • Normal ... pressure >10mmHg: • Cardiac
Intraoperative Sepsis - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Severe sepsis (hypotension persisting after initial fluid challenge of
Consider monitoring cardiac ... cultures if possible (eg ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Workup
This is a parasternal long axis view of a young patient presenting with 3 days of
pain, a normal chest ... x-ray and and ECG ... root, and left atrium ... #Clinical #EM #Radiology ... #POCUS #CardiacUS
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