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Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Cardiovascular Causes of Chest Pain:
 • Myocardium:
	- Myocarditis
	- CAD/ACS
	- Valvulopathy
	- Myopericarditis
- Differential Diagnosis ... Myocarditis - CAD ... Pericardium: - Pericarditis ... • Pleura: - Effusion ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Constrictive Pericarditis on POCUS Echocardiogram - Apical 3-Chamber View

Young Lupus patient admitted to hospital new onset
Constrictive Pericarditis ... has pericardial effusion ... Had echo done one ... with similar peri effusion ... Had diagnostic tap-fever
Constrictive Pericarditis on Echocardiogram
A 55-year-old female marathon runner presents to clinic w/ 6-months of worsening breathlessness
Constrictive Pericarditis ... She had gained 15 ... circumferential pericardial effusion ... of constrictive pericarditis ... expiration not meeting diagnostic
Acute and Chronic Causes of Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis
Pulmonary/Chest Wall:
 • Acute: Trauma, COPD exacerbation, Asthma
- Differential Diagnosis ... flare, Pleural effusion ... Tumor, Pleural effusion ... Anemia, Arrhythmia, Pericarditis ... , CAD, HFrEF/HFpEF
Retinal Vasculitis in Takayasu’s Arteritis- ...Ophthalmologic examination revealed severe impairment, with perception of only light in
Panel A, and see Video ... leads to decreased perfusion ... retinal blood flow had ... See source for videos ... #NEJM #clinical
Laryngocele- ...On physical examination, he had nontender, compressible swelling in the left cervical region that transmitted
examination, he had ... was performed (Video ... airway lumen (Video ... A diagnosis of laryngocele ... #NEJM #clinical
Tuberculous Pericarditis- On examination, the patient’s neck veins were distended, and heart sounds were muffled. An
large pericardial effusion ... A [arrow] and Video ... The effusion contained ... A diagnosis of tuberculous ... #NEJM #clinical
Evaluation of suspected incomplete Kawasaki Disease

1. AHA consensus recommendations
2. Infants ≤6 months old on day ≥7
met: z score of LAD ... regurgitation, pericardial effusion ... or z scores in LAD ... #Diagnosis #Peds ... #Pediatrics #Kawasaki
Chest pain after AFib ablation. What’s the most likely diagnosis?

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You are all correct: the patient had
the most likely diagnosis ... correct: the patient had ... moderate pericardial effusion ... Dx pericarditis ... Cardiology #EKG #ECG #Pericarditis
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
Differential Diagnosis ... Lungs: • Pleural effusions ... • Asymptomatic pericarditis ... Valvular disorders • CAD ... Erythematosus #Diagnosis