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Cardiac Stress Testing
Exercise:
 • Everyone who can exercise should!
 • They must be able to raise
Cardiac Stress Testing ... : EKG ($), ECHO ... SPECT ($$$), PET CT ... #Testing #cardiology ... #management #diagnosis
Halo Sign on Chest CT
 • SPN or mass surrounded by a circumferential GGO
 • DDx:
Halo Sign on Chest ... CT • SPN or mass ... #Halo #Sign #CT ... Lung #Pulmonary #diagnosis ... #radiology #clinical
Feeding Vessel Sign on Chest CT
 • Distinct pulmonary vessel leading into a lung nodule or
Vessel Sign on Chest ... CT • Distinct ... #Vessel #Sign #CT ... Lung #Pulmonary #diagnosis ... #radiology #clinical
Wellens' Sign: LAD-T Wave Inversion 
Life threatening T wave inversions in precordial leads. Often V2-V3 
Specific
Specific for critical ... period without chest ... Serial EKGS in pts ... Wellens #Sign #EKG ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Pulmonary Embolism on POCUS Echocardiogram

Mid 30's female with chest pain/dyspnea.  Triage EKG (no prior).
's female with chest ... Triage EKG (no prior ... Differential/diagnosis ... Echocardiogram #A4c #clinical ... #cardiology #McConnells
Berlin Criteria for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) 
- Respiratory symptoms must have begun within one
Distress Syndrome ... week of a known clinical ... be present on a chest ... computed tomographic (CT ... Definition #Criteria #Diagnosis
On the left a patient who had a CT to rule out pulmonary embolism.
There is a
patient who had a CT ... The diagnosis based ... on this CT was ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #SeptalThickening
Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy on POCUS

78 year old woman - Acute delirium but complaining of chest pain 
ECG:
Cardiomyopathy on POCUS ... pain ECG: non ... Cardiomyopathy #POCUS ... #Ultrasound #Clinical ... Echocardiogram #Cardiology
Myocardial Injury Classification
Chronic myocardial injury: Chronic heart failure, Cardiomyopathy, Hypertension, CKD/ESRD
Acute nonischemic myocardial injury:
 - Primary
SARS-COV-2 injury, Stress ... non-cardiac illness: Critical ... myocardial infarction: Respiratory ... Classification #diagnosis ... #cardiology #troponemia
Septic emboli
Septic emboli usually present as multiple ill-defined nodules.
In about 50% cavitation is seen.
CT demonstrates more
CT demonstrates ... can suggest the diagnosis ... in the proper clinical ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest #