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Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Cardiovascular Causes of Chest Pain:
 • Myocardium:
	- Myocarditis
	- CAD/ACS
	- Valvulopathy
	- Myopericarditis
Cardiovascular Causes ... Myocarditis - CAD ... Vascular: - Aortic dissection ... - SCAD • Pericardium ... Tamponade Pulmonary Causes
Life Threatening Causes of Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Table

 • ACS
 • Aortic Dissection
 •
Life Threatening Causes ... Differential Diagnosis Table ... ACS • Aortic Dissection ... differential #diagnosis #table
Type A Aortid Dissection - Suprasternal View

Type A Aortic Dissection (TAD), present on this suprasternal view
Type A Aortid Dissection ... Type A Aortic Dissection ... supports PE or other causes ... TypeA #Aortic #Dissection ... #Notch #Aorta #POCUS
This is what the intimal flap of an Aortic Dissection looks like on Ultrasound. Be able
flap of an Aortic Dissection ... Be able to recognize ... EM_RESUS #Clinical #POCUS ... Longitudinal #Sagittal #Dissection
Causes of Pericardial Effusion - Differential Diagnosis
Infectious:
 • Viral: Enterovirus, Herpesvirus, Adenovirus, Parvovirus
 • Bacterial: Mycobacterium
Causes of Pericardial ... , Scleroderma, MCTD ... Injury Syndrome, Dissection ... Differential #Diagnosis #Causes
Type A Dissection Flap on Transthoracic Echocardiogram

Case of the week: Outpt TTE, 3month f/u EF monitor
Type A Dissection ... Echocardiogram Case ... Type A Aortic Dissection ... #Aortic #Dissection ... Echocardiogram #POCUS
Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiovascular Causes:
 - Outflow Obstruction
     • Aortic
Cardiovascular Causes ... Infarction • Stable ... • Aortic Dissection ... / Mediastinal Causes ... Sarcoidosis Other Causes
Hemorrhagic Pericardial Effusions (Hemopericardium)- Differential Diagnosis Framework

IATROGENIC DISEASE
Secondary to invasive cardiac procedures

NONIATROGENIC
• Malignancy (e.g., metastatic spread:
infarction • Aortic dissection ... OTHER RARE CAUSES ... Radiation induced • MCTD
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
 •
Causes of Chronic ... Artery Disease • Stable ... Pleural Thickening/Masses ... • Abdominal Distention ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Myocardial infarction:
Classified into 5 types based on etiology and circumstances:

Type 1: Spontaneous MI caused by ischemia
Spontaneous MI caused ... fissuring; coronary dissection ... myocardialinfarction #CAD