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Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Cardiovascular Causes of Chest Pain:
 • Myocardium:
	- Myocarditis
	- CAD/ACS
	- Valvulopathy
	- Myopericarditis
Cardiovascular Causes ... Tamponade Pulmonary Causes ... Costochondritis - Tietze syndrome ... Pneumothorax Other Causes ... #Cardiology
Acute Coronary Syndrome - Diagnostic Likelihood Ratios for Symptoms and Physical Examination. Source: Fanaroff AC, Rymer
Acute Coronary Syndrome ... JA, Goldstein SA ... This Patient With Chest ... Acute Coronary Syndrome ... EBM #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Causes of Primary and Functional Mitral Regurgitation (MR) 
Causes of primary mitral regurgitation
 - Rheumatic heart
prolapse (Marfan syndrome ... , Ehler-Danlos syndrome ... Direct/indirect chest ... it results from SAM ... Differential #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Causes of Acute Pericarditis:

Infectious;

Viral: 
Adenovirus 
Coxsackie virus A and B 
Echovirus 
Epstein-Barr virus 
Hepatitis 
Human immunodeficiency
Causes of Acute ... injury Blunt chest ... pericardial sac ... Postpericardiotomy syndrorne ... Rheumatic fever #Causes
Anatomical Differential Diagnosis for Arrhythmias
 • SA node: Sinus bradycardia, Sick Sinus Syndrome (SSS)
 • AV
Arrhythmias • SA ... bradycardia, Sick Sinus Syndrome ... > 100 bpm) • SA ... Differential #Diagnosis #Causes ... #cardiology
Sarcoidosis
In this case the chest x-ray shows subtle findings that could be described as fine reticulation.
In
Sarcoidosis In this case ... the chest x-ray ... In many cases a ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #Sarcoidosis #Nodular
Syncope - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Neurocardiogenic:
 • Vasovagal
 • Orthostatic Hypotension
 • Autonomic Neuropathy
 • Situational (micturition,
• Sick Sinus Syndrome ... (SA Node) ... • Tachy-Brady Syndrome ... #Syncope #Cardiology ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #causes
Here are the most common examples of these four patterns on a chest x-ray (click image
patterns on a chest ... opacities - Fine Nodular ... Nodule - Multiple Masses ... Diagnosis #Clinical #Radiology
On the left another typical case of sarcoidosis.
In addition to the perilymphatic nodules, there are multiple
another typical case ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #Sarcoidosis ... Peribronchovascular #Nodular
Kussmaul's sign in Constrictive Pericarditis 

A 50-year-old woman with a remote history of mediastinal lymphoma (age
blue marks on her chest ... Causes = RV failure ... pericarditis (this case ... Kussmauls #Sign #PhysicalExam ... Pericarditis #Cardiology