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Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Cardiovascular Causes of Chest Pain:
 • Myocardium:
	- Myocarditis
	- CAD/ACS
	- Valvulopathy
	- Myopericarditis
Chest Pain - Differential ... of Chest Pain: ... Vascular: - Aortic ... of Chest Pain: ... • Pleura: - Effusion
Chest Pain - Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm

History and Exam
Acute life-threatening causes:
 • Acute myocardial infarction
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Chest Pain - Diagnosis ... life-threatening causes ... infarction • Aortic ... • Esophageal rupture ... EKG • Bedside ultrasound
This is a parasternal long axis view of a young patient presenting with 3 days of
pain, a normal chest ... Beside ultrasound ... In this case, the ... EM #Radiology #POCUS ... #CardiacUS #ParsternalLong
AAA Rupture on Abdominal POCUS

Elderly female with back pain and hypotension.  While sensitivity of ultrasound
POCUS Elderly ... female with back pain ... high, in this case ... #Aneurysm #Aorta ... #POCUS #clinical
Esophageal Rupture with Gastric Contents seen on Lung Ultrasound
Middle aged patient with oesophageal Ca presents generally
large pleural effusion ... This case again ... the utility of POCUS ... #Lung #Ultrasound ... #POCUS #clinical
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 ... Flag Symptoms: • Chest ... pain: Underlying ... due to decreased brain
Newborn Infant - Routine Examination

Birthweight, gestational age and birthweight percentile are noted.
General observation Of the baby's
surrogate measure of brain ... The sagittal suture ... pressure and cranial ultrasound ... Breathing and chest ... coarctation of the aorta
Intraoperative Cardiac Free Wall Rupture
Free wall rupture...yes we can save them
Following a syncope event, a 72-y
described back pain ... revealed pericardial effusion ... ANGIO ruled out aortic ... while pericardial effusion ... crash into the chest
CABG Graft Pseudoaneurysm

Chest pain post CABG - always worth taking a look!  Large graft pseudoaneurysm!!
Pseudoaneurysm Chest ... pain post CABG ... encounter challenging cardiac ... anticoags - VCU Ultrasound ... Pseudoaneurysm #clinical #pocus