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The PA-film shows a silhouette sign of the left heart border.
Even without looking at the lateral
sign of the left heart ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Pneumonia ... #Lingula #SilhouetteSign
Chest Pain - Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm

History and Exam
Acute life-threatening causes:
 • Acute myocardial infarction
 •
Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm ... ultrasound • CXR ... Serial troponin; HEART ... score • PERC; ... Well score for
First study the CXRs.
There is a subtle consolidation in the left lower lobe in the hidden
First study the CXRs ... area behind the heart ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Pneumonia ... Retrocardiac #SpineSign #SilhouetteSign
First study the CXR.
Notice the subtle increased density in the area behind the heart that needs
First study the CXR ... area behind the heart ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #LLL #Pneumonia ... #Subtle #SilhouetteSign
ARDS/VALI progression over the course of 1 week 
 (a) Day 1 - No pathological findings.
The normal-sized heart ... structures help in the differential ... oedema due to heart ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #ChestXRay
Gynecomastia - Differential Diagnosis a
nd Workup Algorithm
Gynecomastia is common in clinical practice, affecting ~50% of males
Gynecomastia - Differential ... Diagnosis a nd Workup Algorithm ... Gynecomastia is common in clinical ... Labs: TSH, Cr, LFTs ... #Gynecomastia #Differential
Restrictive Cardiomyopathy - Diagnosis and Causes
Clinical: Dyspnea, Exercise Intolerance, ↑ "Right Sided-Symptoms" (ascites, hepatomegaly, ↑↑peripheral edema)
Physical
Diagnosis and Causes Clinical ... Endomyocardial: Carcinoid Heart ... Diagnosis #Causes #differential ... #cardiology #algorithm
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Management Summary

Causes of Rhabdomyolysis:
 • Trauma:
	- Immobilization
	- Crush injury
	- Compartment
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential ... exhaustion, Heat ... Dermatomyositis Clinical ... ) • AKI: BUN/Cr ... Rhabdomyolysis #Differential
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy (PPCM)

What is PPCM?
• A form of acute systolic heart failure that develops late in
acute systolic heart ... Cesarean delivery Clinical ... Key Point: High clinical ... , selenium) Differential ... congestion on a CXR
Right middle lobe atelectasis
First study the x-rays and then continue reading.
What are the findings?
Blurring of the
Blurring of the right heart ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Lateral # ... Lobar #Collapse #SilhouetteSign