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Chest Pain - Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm

History and Exam
Acute life-threatening causes:
 • Acute myocardial infarction
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infarction • Aortic ... dissection • ... Pulmonary embolism • Cardiac ... tamponade • Esophageal ... score for PE • CTA
Aortic Dissection on POCUS Echocardiogram - PSAX view
Patient presented with chest pain.
TEE sens (97-99%), TTE sens
Aortic Dissection ... on POCUS Echocardiogram ... presented with chest ... pericardial effusion/tamponade ... #Dissection #POCUS
Type A Aortic Dissection with Hemopericardium

This patient presents with chest pain. Which is the best next
Type A Aortic Dissection ... presents with chest ... No evidence of tamponade ... #PLAX #Echocardiogram ... #POCUS #Clinical
This is a suprasternal notch view demonstrating an aortic flap in a patient with a Stanford
dissection. ... the confirmatory CTA ... with suspicious signs ... dissection. ... #CardiacUS #SuprasternalNotch
Resuscitative Thoracotomy
NOTE: this video is NOT standard technique.
Aka "cracking the chest". A potentially life saving technique
tamponade -cardiac ... massage -descending aorta ... for cross-clamp aorta ... loss of vital signs ... thoracic trauma with signs