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Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Cardiovascular Causes of Chest Pain:
 • Myocardium:
	- Myocarditis
	- CAD/ACS
	- Valvulopathy
	- Myopericarditis
Cardiovascular Causes ... Pericardium: - Pericarditis ... Tamponade Pulmonary Causes ... • Parenchyma: Pleuritis ... Pneumothorax Other Causes
Features That Differentiate Acute Pericarditis from Myocardial Ischemia or Infarction and Pulmonary Embolism

In contrast to the
Differentiate Acute Pericarditis ... pain from acute pericarditis ... or pericarditis ... disorders, although pleuritic ... life-threatening causes
Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiovascular Causes:
 - Outflow Obstruction
     • Aortic
Cardiovascular Causes ... Aneurysm • Pericarditis ... / Mediastinal Causes ... Effusion • Pleuritis ... Sarcoidosis Other Causes
Causes of Pleural Effusion - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Transudate - Hydrostatic
 • Congestive heart failure
 • Constrictive
Causes of Pleural ... • Constrictive pericarditis ... • Tuberculous pleuritis ... Algorithm #Hepatology #causes
Great Mimickers - SHALLOTS Mnemonic

S- Syphilis - Neurosyphilis, aortitis, gummas... Granulomas can form anywhere! Skin, mucosa,
What doesn't HIV cause ... alopecia, Raynaud, pericarditis ... , pleuritis, drug-induced ... splenomegaly, cytopenias, nausea ... consumption- number one cause
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA): Extra-articular manifestations
Skin: 
 • Inflammation of skin (esp. over areas of stress) forms
of pericardium (Pericarditis ... extravasation -> Dyspnea, pleuritic ... inflammation tends to cause
Classic ECG of acute pericarditis in a young patient with pleuritic chest pain and a viral
Classic ECG of acute pericarditis ... young patient with pleuritic ... _kim #Viral #Pericarditis
Differential Diagnosis of Pleuritic Chest Pain:

Categorized by causes: Cardiac, Pulmonary, MSK, Drug/Toxins, Heme/Onc, Renal, Autoimmune

#Diagnosis #Pleuritic
Differential Diagnosis of Pleuritic ... Categorized by causes ... #Diagnosis #Pleuritic ... #ChestPain #Causes
Dressler Syndrome - 
Postmyocardlal Infarctlon syndrome / Postpericardlotomy pericarditis
• Occurs 2 -10 weeks post myocardial infarction
Postpericardlotomy pericarditis ... • Chest pain (pleuritic ... ) • Pericarditis
Chest Pain Diagnosis and Management Algorithm
STEMI:
 - Hx: Pressure like CP, Radiation to arm/jaw, CAD risk
Non-reproducible, Non-pleuritic ... : Sudden onset pleuritic ... swelling, Wells score Pericarditis ... : - Hx: Pleuritic ... : - Hx: Acute pleuritic