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Chest Pain - Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm

History and Exam
Acute life-threatening causes:
 • Acute myocardial infarction
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Algorithm History ... life-threatening causes ... embolism • Cardiac tamponade ... : • EKG • Bedside ... ultrasound • CXR
Primary and Secondary Causes of Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Primary (Essential) (95%) - Onset between age
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... taken at home, work ... unilateral and bilateral ... Secondary #HTN #Cardiology ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Malignant RV Mass on POCUS Echocardiogram (PLAX)
57yo M with chest pain.  Normal work up including
Mass on POCUS Echocardiogram ... Normal work up including ... negative ECG, CXR ... well, then 4mo later ... #clinical #cardiology
Complex Pericardial Effusion with Tamponade on POCUS Echocardiogram - A4C
Pt sent to ED c intradialytic hypotension.
on POCUS Echocardiogram ... BUN/Cr- 128/9.4. ... K 5.9 without EKG ... consider serious causes ... A4C #clinical #cardiology
Complex Pericardial Effusion with Tamponade on POCUS Echocardiogram - PLAX
Pt sent to ED c intradialytic hypotension.
on POCUS Echocardiogram ... BUN/Cr- 128/9.4. ... K 5.9 without EKG ... consider serious causes ... PLAX #clinical #cardiology
Fibrinous pericardial effusion with tamponade on POCUS

80F w AFib w pacemaker on warfarin presents with n/v
effusion with tamponade ... condition 4 d later ... Other causes of ... POCUS #Clinical #Echocardiogram ... #PSAX #Cardiology
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy (PPCM)

What is PPCM?
• A form of acute systolic heart failure that develops late in
(Can occur later ... other high-output causes ... Rule out other causes ... congestion on a CXR ... Cardiomyopathy #Cardiology