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The HEART Score for Chest Pain Patients in the ED

Calculate the HEART Score @ https://www.mdcalc.com/heart-score-major-cardiac-events

#Diagnosis #Management
HEART Score for Chest ... heart-score-major-cardiac-events ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Cardiology #HEARTScore ... Stratification #ChestPain
ISCHEMIA Trial - Management Algorithm for patients with Stable Angina

Stress Test -> ? +moderate or severe
patients with Stable Angina ... LMCA lesion -> Cardiac ... ISCHEMIA #Stable #Angina ... #ChestPain #Diagnosis ... #Cardiology #EBM
Chest Pain / ACS Evaluation Algorithm
Algorithm that attempts to the use history taking (guided by LRs),
Chest Pain / ACS ... (+LR 2.6) - Cardiac ... SatyaPatelMD #ChestPain ... diagnosis #Algorithm #cardiology ... #Angina
Acute Coronary Syndrome - Diagnostic Likelihood Ratios for Symptoms and Physical Examination. Source: Fanaroff AC, Rymer
Source: Fanaroff AC ... This Patient With Chest ... EBM #Diagnosis #Cardiology ... Typical #Atypical #ChestPain ... #Cardiac
Vasospastic (Prinzmetal) Angina
Definition / Epidemiology:
 • Rest angina attributed to coronary artery vasospasm.
 • Patients often
Vasospastic (Prinzmetal) Angina ... Epidemiology: • Rest angina ... chest pain • ... #cardiology #diagnosis ... #management
Acute Coronary Syndrome - Diagnostic Likelihood Ratios for Symptoms and Physical Examination. 

Source:  Does This
This Patient With Chest ... EBM #Diagnosis #Cardiology ... Typical #Atypical #ChestPain ... #Cardiac #Predictors
HEART Score allows us to risk stratify low risk chest pain patients and get them out
stratify low risk chest ... heart-score-major-cardiac-events ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology ... Score #RISK #MACE #ChestPain
Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiovascular Causes:
 - Outflow Obstruction
     • Aortic
Chest Pain - Differential ... Stable/Unstable Angina ... Hypertension - Chest ... Radiculopathy #ChestPain ... #Noncardiac #Cardiology
Evaluation of Electrical Injury in the Emergency Department 

Common Injuries by System:

CNS - Seizure, coma, spinal
high voltage Cardiac ... arrival MSK - Fractures ... posterior shoulder - AC ... especially with AC ... Evaluation #Diagnosis #Management
Pacemaker Complications
 • Implantation-Related: Pocket hematoma, Infection (pocket), Pneumothorax, Hemothorax, Lead dislodgement, Cardiac perforation / tamponade
dislodgement, Cardiac ... Delayed: Lead fracture ... complications #cardiology ... #management