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Chest Pain - Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm

History and Exam
Acute life-threatening causes:
 • Acute myocardial infarction
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Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm ... ultrasound • CXR ... Serial troponin; HEART ... score • PERC; ... Well score for
Chest Pain / ACS Evaluation Algorithm
Algorithm that attempts to the use history taking (guided by LRs),
classification, and the HEART ... score to guide ... factors Calculate a HEART ... score: - History ... #cardiology #Angina
The PA-film shows a silhouette sign of the left heart border.
Even without looking at the lateral
sign of the left heart ... looking at the lateral ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Pneumonia
Left lower lobe atelectasis - There is a triangular density seen through the cardiac shadow.
This must
posterior to the heart ... confirmed on the lateral ... opposite #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #LLL #Lobar ... #Collapse #RadiologyAssistant
Pacemaker Identification Algorithm

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Identification Algorithm ... Identification Algorithm ... Heart Rhythm 2011 ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology ... #Radiology #CXR
Left Atrium
 - The upper posterior border of the heart is formed by the left atrium.
border of the heart ... #Anatomy #Radiology ... #CXR #Lateral #
Cardiac incisura
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On the right side of the chest the lung will lie against
wall, since the heart ... anteroinferior side on the lateral ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Lateral #
Left upper lobe atelectasis
What are the findings?
 - Minimal volume loss with elevation of the left
, which is the collapsed ... lobe #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Lateral # ... LUL #Lobar #Collapse
Right lower lobe atelectasis
Chest x-rays of a 70-year old male who fell from the stairs and
border of the heart ... lung but by the collapsed ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Lateral # ... RLL #Lobar #Collapse
Pulse Abnormalities - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unequal/DeIayed:
 • Obstructive arterial disease (ie. Atherosclerosis)
 • Aortic dissection
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Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... beats: • Left heart ... followed by rapid collapse ... Abnormalities #Disorders #Cardiology ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm