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Life Threatening Causes of Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Table

 • ACS
 • Aortic Dissection
 •
Life Threatening Causes ... • ACS • Aortic ... Pneumothorax • Cardiac ... Matthew Ho, MD PhD ... MatthewHoMD #ChestPain
Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Cardiovascular Causes of Chest Pain:
 • Myocardium:
	- Myocarditis
	- CAD/ACS
	- Valvulopathy
	- Myopericarditis
Vascular: - Aortic ... Gastritis - PUD ... #ChestPain #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Causes ... #Cardiology
Chest Pain - Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm

History and Exam
Acute life-threatening causes:
 • Acute myocardial infarction
 •
Chest Pain - Diagnosis ... life-threatening causes ... infarction • Aortic ... Pulmonary embolism • Cardiac ... Initial workup: • EKG
Chest Pain / ACS Evaluation Algorithm
Algorithm that attempts to the use history taking (guided by LRs),
Chest Pain / ACS ... (+LR 2.6) - Cardiac ... - History - EKG ... SatyaPatelMD #ChestPain ... #Algorithm #cardiology
This is a parasternal long axis view of a young patient presenting with 3 days of
He had no chest pain ... x-ray and and ECG ... In this case, the ... #Clinical #EM #Radiology ... #POCUS #CardiacUS
Palpitations - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
• It is an unpleasant awareness or sensation that the heart is
- Differential Diagnosis ... ., aortic insufficiency ... regurgitation • Severe aortic ... Symptoms: • Chest pain ... #Palpitations #Cardiology
Complex Pericardial Effusion with Tamponade on POCUS Echocardiogram - A4C
Pt sent to ED c intradialytic hypotension.
Echocardiogram - A4C ... K 5.9 without EKG ... Pericardial fluid exudative ... Pericardial #Effusion #Cardiac ... #clinical #cardiology
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
exclude other causes ... exertion, orthopnea, PND ... and timing with Cardio-OB ... follow-up with Cardio-OB ... #management #cardiology
This infographic provides a mnemonic tool called “WOBBLER” for assessing an ECG (electrocardiogram) in cases of
risk of sudden cardiac ... heart disease like aortic ... Epsilon #clinical #diagnosis ... risk for sudden cardiac ... #cardiology #differential