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Chest Pain - Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm

History and Exam
Acute life-threatening causes:
 • Acute myocardial infarction
 •
life-threatening causes ... Pulmonary embolism • Cardiac ... Serial troponin; HEART ... score • PERC; ... Well score for
HEART Score – A Tool For the ED The HEART score is an excellent tool that
HEART Score – A ... The HEART score ... the ED to help focus ... The HEART score ... www.mdcalc.com/heart-score-major-cardiac-events
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 ... (+LR 2.6) - Cardiac ... score: - History
Restrictive Cardiomyopathy - Diagnosis and Causes
Clinical: Dyspnea, Exercise Intolerance, ↑ "Right Sided-Symptoms" (ascites, hepatomegaly, ↑↑peripheral edema)
Physical
Diagnosis and Causes ... Clinical: Dyspnea ... Infiltrative: Amyloidosis ... Endomyocardial: Carcinoid Heart ... differential #cardiology #algorithm
Amyloidosis - Summary
Group of disorders associated with extracellular deposition of fibrils formed from low-molecular-weight proteins in
Clinical suspicion ... Clinical Manifestations ... in AA and AL Cardiac ... Amyloid typing Cardiac ... • MRI of the heart
Hepatomegaly - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Malignant
 • Primary Carcinoma
 • Metastases
 • Lymphoma
 • Leukemia
 • Polycythemia
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Wilson's Disease • Amyloidosis ... Congestive • Right Heart ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #Causes #Hepatology
Cardiac Amyloidosis

Huge Atria, Thick LV and IntraAtrial Septum with Apical Sparing

- Juan Lopez-Mattei, MD
@onco_cardiology

#Amyloidosis #Echocardiogram #POCUS
Cardiac Amyloidosis ... onco_cardiology #Amyloidosis ... Echocardiogram #POCUS ... #Clinical #Cardiology ... #Cardiac #SC4C
Portal Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis
Portal Pressure = the pressure difference between the pressure in the portal
>10 mmHg - clinically ... Post-Hepatic: • Cardiac ... R heart failure ... Infiltrative diseases (amyloidosis ... Differential #Diagnosis #causes
Amyloidosis on POCUS Echocardiogram - Apical 4 Chamber (A4C)
Pt with systemic AL amyloidosis presents with 1
Amyloidosis on POCUS ... appearance of heart ... with cardiac involvement ... #Cardiac #POCUS ... #clinical #Echocardiogram
Amyloidosis on POCUS Echocardiogram - Parasternal long axis (PLAX)
Pt with systemic AL amyloidosis presents with 1
Amyloidosis on POCUS ... appearance of heart ... with cardiac involvement ... #Cardiac #POCUS ... #clinical #Echocardiogram