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Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Cardiovascular Causes of Chest Pain:
 • Myocardium:
	- Myocarditis
	- CAD/ACS
	- Valvulopathy
	- Myopericarditis
Vascular: - Aortic ... dissection - SCAD • Pericardium ... : - Pericarditis ... - Tamponade ... Pulmonary Causes
Right-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac Causes - Rule out Left-Sided Heart Failure (Most Common):
- Differential Diagnosis ... • Constrictive Pericarditis ... • Pericardial ... Tamponade Pulmonary ... #HeartFailure #Cardiology
Cardiac MRI in Evaluation of Pericardial Disease

Tl-weighted fast spin echo - Morphological assessment of the pericardium
Cardiac MRI in Evaluation ... enhancement (arrow) #CardiacMRI ... #Pericarditis # ... Cardiology #Diagnosis ... #Radiology
Constrictive Pericarditis on POCUS Echocardiogram - Apical 3-Chamber View

Young Lupus patient admitted to hospital new onset
on POCUS Echocardiogram ... Also has pericardial ... can be seen in tamponade ... Had diagnostic tap-fever ... #clinical #cardiology
Shock - Differential Diagnosis by Classification

Hypovolemic (Intravascular volume depletion)
 - Hemorrhagic 
   • Trauma
- Differential Diagnosis ... • Ruptured aortic ... flow) - Massive pulmonary ... embolism - Pericardial ... tamponade - Tension
Syncope - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Neurocardiogenic:
 • Vasovagal
 • Orthostatic Hypotension
 • Autonomic Neuropathy
 • Situational (micturition,
- Differential Diagnosis ... Respiratory: • Pulmonary ... • Mitral/Aortic ... • Cardiac Tamponade ... • Constrictive Pericarditis
Features That Differentiate Acute Pericarditis from Myocardial Ischemia or Infarction and Pulmonary Embolism

In contrast to the
Infarction and Pulmonary ... on the parietal pericardium ... pain, such as MI ... or aortic dissection ... comparison #Table #Diagnosis
Aortic Dissection on POCUS Echocardiogram - PSAX view
Patient presented with chest pain.
TEE sens (97-99%), TTE sens
Aortic Dissection ... on POCUS Echocardiogram ... of associated pericardial ... effusion/tamponade ... #clinical #cardiology
Chest Pain Diagnosis and Management Algorithm
STEMI:
 - Hx: Pressure like CP, Radiation to arm/jaw, CAD risk
Chest Pain Diagnosis ... /V/diaphoresis Aortic ... Limb ischemia Pulmonary ... swelling, Wells score Pericarditis ... on sitting up, Pericardial
Untreated VSD on POCUS Echocardiogram

Crazy POCUS of an untreated VSD with with pulmonary hypertension, Eisenmenger syndrome,
VSD with with pulmonary ... syndrome, and pericardial ... profound that tamponade ... SeptalDefect #Untreated #Cardiology ... #Clinical #PLAX