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Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Cardiovascular Causes of Chest Pain:
 • Myocardium:
	- Myocarditis
	- CAD/ACS
	- Valvulopathy
	- Myopericarditis
Diagnosis Framework ... Pericardium: - Pericarditis ... Pneumonia • Pleura ... : - Effusion ... #Causes #Cardiology
Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiovascular Causes:
 - Outflow Obstruction
     • Aortic
Diagnosis Algorithm ... Aneurysm • Pericarditis ... Wall/Pleura ... Effusion ... ChestPain #Noncardiac #Cardiology
Constrictive Pericarditis on POCUS Echocardiogram - Apical 3-Chamber View

Young Lupus patient admitted to hospital new onset
on POCUS Echocardiogram ... could pinpoint the cause ... has pericardial effusion ... Had diagnostic tap-fever ... #clinical #cardiology
Constrictive Pericarditis on POCUS Echocardiogram - Subcostal View

Young Lupus patient admitted to hospital new onset HFpEF.
on POCUS Echocardiogram ... could pinpoint the cause ... has pericardial effusion ... one month ago-pt never ... #clinical #cardiology
Empyema Necessitans (EN) on Chest POCUS

Pulmonary teaching case: you are called to the bedside of a
POCUS Pulmonary ... teaching case: ... drain on POCUS ... - What’s the diagnosis ... effusion where
Acute and Chronic Causes of Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis
Pulmonary/Chest Wall:
 • Acute: Trauma, COPD exacerbation, Asthma
Acute and Chronic Causes ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Pulmonary/Chest ... effusion, Pneumonia ... Anemia, Arrhythmia, Pericarditis
Kussmaul's sign in Constrictive Pericarditis 

A 50-year-old woman with a remote history of mediastinal lymphoma (age
blue marks on her ... chest (photo). ... the underlying diagnosis ... Causes = RV failure ... #Cardiology
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA): Extra-articular manifestations
Skin: 
 • Inflammation of skin (esp. over areas of stress) forms
of pericardium (Pericarditis ... ) -> Chest Pain ... pain, pleural effusion ... inflammation tends to cause ... signs #symptoms #diagnosis
Constrictive Pericarditis on Echocardiogram
A 55-year-old female marathon runner presents to clinic w/ 6-months of worsening breathlessness
showed BP 100/82, HR ... circumferential pericardial effusion ... expiration not meeting diagnostic ... Echocardiogram #a4c #pocus ... #clinical #cardiology
EULAR/ACR Classification Criteria for Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Clinical Domains:
 • Constitutional domain: Fever
 • Cutaneous domain: Non-scarring
Constitutional domain: Fever ... Serositis domain: Pleural ... or pericardial effusion ... , Acute pericarditis ... Erythematosus #diagnosis