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Chest Pain - Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm

History and Exam
Acute life-threatening causes:
 • Acute myocardial infarction
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life-threatening causes ... ultrasound • CXR ... Serial troponin; HEART ... score • PERC; ... Well score for
Interstitial pneumonias
An acute reticular pattern is most frequently caused by interstitial edema due to cardiac heart
most frequently caused ... due to cardiac heart ... The other cause ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... Pneumonia #PJP #RadiologyAssistant
Diffuse consolidation
The most common cause of diffuse consolidation is pulmonary edema due to heart failure.
This is
The most common cause ... from the various causes ... The increased heart ... Radiology #Pulmonary #CXR ... #Differential #RadiologyAssistant
The PA-film shows a silhouette sign of the left heart border.
Even without looking at the lateral
sign of the left heart ... to a pneumonia caused ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... SilhouetteSign #RadiologyAssistant
Chest Pain / ACS Evaluation Algorithm
Algorithm that attempts to the use history taking (guided by LRs),
classification, and the HEART ... score to guide ... physical activity - Nausea ... factors Calculate a HEART ... score: - History
Pacemaker Identification Algorithm

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Identification Algorithm ... application that uses ... Identification Algorithm ... Heart Rhythm 2011 ... Cardiology #Radiology #CXR
Cardiac incisura
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On the right side of the chest the lung will lie against
wall, since the heart ... This causes a density ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... Cardiac #Incisura #RadiologyAssistant
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
detected on CT or CXR ... overload with heart ... there is no clear cause ... Management ● Early ... the underlying cause
Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
determine the cause ... with congestive heart ... Diagnosis #Radiology #CXR ... Consolidation #Causes ... #RadiologyAssistant
On a chest film only the outer contours of the heart are seen.
In many cases we
contours of the heart ... In many cases we ... Enlargement will cause ... Anatomy #Radiology #CXR ... Cardiac #Chambers #RadiologyAssistant