11 results
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
 •
Causes of Chronic ... Diagnosis Algorithm Pericardial ... • Cardiac Tamponade ... EffusionsPleural ... Interstitium • ILD • CHF
Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Cardiovascular Causes of Chest Pain:
 • Myocardium:
	- Myocarditis
	- CAD/ACS
	- Valvulopathy
	- Myopericarditis
dissection - SCAD • Pericardium ... • Alveoli: - CHF ... Pneumonia • Pleura ... : - Effusion ... #Cardiology
Cardiac incisura
Click image to enlarge.
On the right side of the chest the lung will lie against
fat or effusion ... This causes a density ... x-rays and should ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Lateral #
Pleural effusion is bilateral in 70% of cases of CHF.
When unilateral, it is slightly more often
Pleural effusion ... of CHF. ... If pleural effusion ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Pleural
Pleural effusion is not always visible as a meniscus in the costophrenic angle. 
A subpulmonic effusion
Pleural effusion ... In these cases, ... stomach bubble should ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Pleural
Cardiac Tamponade - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Caused by an accumulation of blood, pus, effusion fluid
Cardiac Tamponade ... of blood, pus, effusion ... indicated, start CPR ... generally toward left shoulder ... toward the largest pericardial
Complex Pericardial Effusion with Tamponade on POCUS Echocardiogram - A4C
Pt sent to ED c intradialytic hypotension.
BUN/Cr- 128/9.4. ... with rt/lt pleural ... About 950 ml removed ... #Effusion #Cardiac ... A4C #clinical #cardiology
Complex Pericardial Effusion with Tamponade on POCUS Echocardiogram - PLAX
Pt sent to ED c intradialytic hypotension.
BUN/Cr- 128/9.4. ... with rt/lt pleural ... About 950 ml removed ... #Effusion #Cardiac ... PLAX #clinical #cardiology
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
Chest x-ray: signs ... edema, bilateral pleural ... effusions). 1/5 ... → no signs of CXR ... Consider cardiac
Congestive heart failure (CHF) is the result of insufficient output because of cardiac failure, high resistance
output because of cardiac ... interstitium and the pleural ... pulmonary disease and causes ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #CHF #CXR #Features