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Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Cardiovascular Causes of Chest Pain:
 • Myocardium:
	- Myocarditis
	- CAD/ACS
	- Valvulopathy
	- Myopericarditis
Cardiovascular Causes ... • Vasculature: PE ... • Alveoli: - CHF ... • Pleura: - Effusion ... #Cardiology
Wellens' Sign: LAD-T Wave Inversion 
Life threatening T wave inversions in precordial leads. Often V2-V3 
Specific
Wellens' Sign: LAD-T ... Specific for critical ... period without chest ... EKG #ECG #Electrocardiogram ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Accelerated Idioventricular Rhythm (AIVR) on EKG
 • Regular rhythm with wide. 
 • QRS complexes >120
from 50-110 beats per ... • Capture and fusion ... AIVR #diagnosis #cardiology ... #EKG #ECG #Electrocardiogram ... #clinical
Pleural effusion is not always visible as a meniscus in the costophrenic angle. 
A subpulmonic effusion
In these cases, ... so, on an erect PA ... a patient with signs ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Pleural
The PA-film shows a silhouette sign of the left heart border.
Even without looking at the lateral
The PA-film shows ... a silhouette sign ... to a pneumonia caused ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Pneumonia
Cardiac incisura
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On the right side of the chest the lung will lie against
right side of the chest ... pericardial fat or effusion ... This causes a density ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Lateral #
Pleural effusion is bilateral in 70% of cases of CHF.
When unilateral, it is slightly more often
of CHF. ... be visible on a PA ... seen on a supine chest ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Pleural
Luftsichel Sign in Left Upper Lobe Collapse - Chest X-Ray

An upper lobe collapse causes the collapse
Luftsichel Sign ... Lobe Collapse - Chest ... LUL #Collapse #clinical ... #radiology #Chest ... #XRay #CXR
Stage I - Redistribution
In a normal chest film with the patient standing erect, the pulmonary vessels
Redistribution In a normal chest ... In daily clinical ... during a period of CHF ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Cephalization
Pericarditis - Definition and Diagnostic Criteria
Acute Pericarditis 
 • Inflammatory pericardial syndrome to be diagnosed with
) pericarditic chest ... depression on ECG ... 4) pericardial effusion ... CMR). ... #cardiology #chronic