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Pericarditis - Definition and Diagnostic Criteria
Acute Pericarditis 
 • Inflammatory pericardial syndrome to be diagnosed with
chest pain ... CMR). ... Chronic Pericarditis ... #criteria #cardiology ... #chronic
Calcifications Around the Heart on Chest XRay
Case #1: This appearance is typical of pericardial calcification &
is typical of pericardial ... / constrictive pericarditis ... Case #3: This is ... #XRay #CXR #radiology ... #cardiology #clinical
High Attenuation pattern 
1. Chronic eosinophilic pneumonia with peripheral areas of ground glass opacity.
2. Sarcoid end-stage
High Attenuation pattern ... Chronic eosinophilic ... lymphadenopathy. 3. ... consolidation #Clinical #Radiology ... #HRCT #CTChest
Chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis
The key findings in chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis are:
Mosaic pattern with areas of ground-glass atenuation
Chronic hypersensitivity ... pneumonitis are: Mosaic pattern ... shows a mosaic pattern ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest #
UIP
UIP is a histologic pattern of pulmonary fibrosis.
On a chest X-ray UIP manifests as a reticular
On a chest X-ray ... suspect UIP on the CXR ... Here a CXR with ... attributed to chronic ... #Clinical #Radiology
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
satiety, bendopnea. 3. ... *Chronic HFrEF may ... Chest x-ray: signs ... → no signs of CXR ... diagnosis #management #cardiology
Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
like acute or chronic ... between these chest ... with hemoptoe. 3. ... Clinical #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #CXR #Lobar #Consolidation
Atrial Fibrillation (A-Fib) Summary

Symptoms:
• Palpitations, light-headedness, dizziness, dyspnea, exercise intolerance, chest pain, near-syncope, syncope.

Why?
Cardiac:
	• Valvular heart
exercise intolerance, chest ... patients with chronic ... ventricular hypertrophy, pericardial ... Anticoagulation for 3 ... diagnosis #management #cardiology
Authors: Mark M. Ramzy, DO, EMT-P (@MarkRamzyDO, EM Resident Physician, Drexel University, Department of Emergency Medicine)
x-ray (CXR), try ... radiograph pattern ... was placed on 3 ... not seen on a CXR ... #Radiology #CTChest