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Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Cardiovascular Causes of Chest Pain:
 • Myocardium:
	- Myocarditis
	- CAD/ACS
	- Valvulopathy
	- Myopericarditis
Chest Pain - Differential ... dissection - SCAD • Pericardium ... Pericarditis - Tamponade ... Pulmonary Causes ... • Pleura: - Effusion
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
 •
Chronic Dyspnea - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm Pericardial ... • Effusion ... • Cardiac Tamponade ... Thickening/Masses Chest
Pericardial Clot on Echocardiogram

ST elevation of acute pericarditis was misdiagnosed as STEMI and thrombolysed with SK
thrombolysed with SK ... effusion with large ... clot and tamponade ... #effusion #clot ... POCUS #clinical #cardiology
Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Cardiovascular Causes of Dyspnea:
 • Myocardium:
	- Heart failure
	- CAD/ACS
	- Valvulopathy
 • Electrical:
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Dyspnea - Differential ... - Too slow • Pericardium ... Constrictive - Tamponade ... • Pleura: - Effusion ... #dyspnea #sob #differential
Hemorrhagic Pericardial Effusions (Hemopericardium)- Differential Diagnosis Framework

IATROGENIC DISEASE
Secondary to invasive cardiac procedures

NONIATROGENIC
• Malignancy (e.g., metastatic spread:
Hemorrhagic Pericardial ... )- Differential ... patients with pulmonary ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #cardiology
Mediastinal Widening - Differential Diagnosis

 • Vascular: Aortic dissection, Aortic anourysm, Enlarged pulmonary arteries, Venous or
Mediastinal Widening - Differential ... Lymphadenopathy • Pericardial ... Pneumomediastinum, Pericardial ... effusion • CXR ... #radiology
Hemorrhagic Pericardial Effusion with Tamponade on POCUS

In an unstable pt w/ chest trauma, subxiphoid view FIRST!

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Hemorrhagic Pericardial ... Effusion with Tamponade ... unstable pt w/ chest ... #Effusion #Tamponade ... Cardiac #POCUS #cardiology
Right-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac Causes - Rule out Left-Sided Heart Failure (Most Common):
Heart Failure - Differential ... Regurgitation - Pericardium ... Tamponade Pulmonary ... #HeartFailure #Cardiology ... #Differential #
Post-MI Free Wall Rupture
1. What's the role of revascularization when presenting with late STEMI?
2. What are
acute hemorrhagic pericardial ... effusion? ... pursue surgical management ... acutely for tamponade ... FreeWall #Rupture #cardiology
Checklist for the Echocardiographic Evaluation of Pulmonary Hypertension
 • Record estimated PASP
 • Evaluate RV size
Evaluation of Pulmonary ... • Evaluate for pericardial ... effusion • Evaluate ... shunt lesions) • Differentiate ... Echocardiography #diagnosis #cardiology