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Chest Pain - Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm

History and Exam
Acute life-threatening causes:
 • Acute myocardial infarction
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and Workup Algorithm ... life-threatening causes ... infarction • Aortic ... Pain #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #workup
Aortic Dissection Pearls
Aortic dissection is caused by a tear in the tunica intima, the innermost layer
Aortic Dissection ... is caused by a ... tear in the tunica ... presenting with chest ... deficit • Shock Treatment
Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiovascular Causes:
 - Outflow Obstruction
     • Aortic
Diagnosis Algorithm ... Obstruction • Aortic ... Non-lschemic • Aortic ... ChestPain #Noncardiac #Cardiology ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Primary and Secondary Causes of Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Primary (Essential) (95%) - Onset between age
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... taken at home, work ... Mechanical • Aortic ... Secondary #HTN #Cardiology ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Intraoperative Cardiac Ischaemia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

If the patient is unconscious, signs of cardiac
Guidelines for Crises ... symptoms may include chest ... Inform theatre team ... consultation with cardiology ... Diagnosis #Management #Workup
Intraoperative  Bradycardia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Bradycardia in theatre should not be treated as
remember to tailor treatment ... Breathing • Check chest ... Consider known drug causes ... Diagnosis #Management #Workup ... #Cardiology
Palpitations - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
• It is an unpleasant awareness or sensation that the heart is
flip-flopping in the chest ... disease (e.g., aortic ... regurgitation • Severe aortic ... consciousness • Near-syncope ... #Palpitations #Cardiology
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
event, follow ACC algorithm ... echo in the last year ... risk (>5%): - Aortic ... Severe Aortic stenosis ... change CV risk Chest
Aortic dissection on Cardiac CTA

This is a amazing gated CTA showing a real time cine clip
is an intimal tear ... In this case they ... Original case via ... CCTA #clinical #cardiology ... #radiology #aorta
Pericardial Lymphoma on POCUS Echocardiogram

“Anaconda inside pericardial cavity” - Pericardial effusion with mass inside in a
mass inside in a case ... pediatric lymphoma. 8 year ... old on treatment ... with dyspnea and chest ... Echocardiogram #clinical #cardiology