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Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Cardiovascular Causes of Chest Pain:
 • Myocardium:
	- Myocarditis
	- CAD/ACS
	- Valvulopathy
	- Myopericarditis
Chest Pain - Differential ... Myocarditis - CAD/ACS ... Myopericarditis • Vascular ... • Alveoli: - CHF ... Diagnosis #Causes #Cardiology
Stage I - Redistribution
In a normal chest film with the patient standing erect, the pulmonary vessels
The pulmonary vascular ... Notice also the ... increased width of the vascular ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Cephalization
ARDS/VALI progression over the course of 1 week 
 (a) Day 1 - No pathological findings.
normal-sized heart and vascular ... structures help in the differential ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #ChestXRay
Causes of Neuromuscular Weakness
 • Spinal Cord: Demyelinating Disease (MS), Epidural abscess, Infarction, Syringomyelia, Tetanus, Transverse
Motor Nerves: ALS ... heavy metals), Critical ... Mitochondrial myopathy, Muscular ... Weakness #Causes #differential ... #diagnosis #neurology
Differentiation Syndrome in APML
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: common in APL (2-48% depending on the study)
 • Triggers:
Cathepsin G release → vascular ... 5 or elevated Cr ... common • Imaging: CXR ... initiation • Differential ... sepsis), PE, DAH, CHF
Previous normal chest x-ray (left) and CHF stage II with perihilar haze (right). On the left
x-ray (left) and CHF ... Notice also the ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Lateral # ... CHF #Vascular #Engorgement
CNS Ring-Enhancing Lesions - Immunocompromised vs Immunocompetent
Multiple Ring-Enhancing Lesions:
 • Toxoplasmosis (CD4 < 100)
 • Other
lung nodules, may also ... Neuro Behcets Vascular ... Lesions #Brain #differential ... diagnosis #causes #radiology ... #neurology
On the left another patient with alveolar edema at admission, which resolved after treatment.
When you scroll
difference in vascular ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Alveolar
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
Fraction (HFrEF) Clinical ... 0.25), murmur of valvular ... → no signs of CXR ... Other: Electrocardiogram ... diagnosis #management #cardiology
There are three principal varieties of pulmonary edema: cardiac, overhydration and increased capillary permeability (ARDS). 
The
The vascular pedicle ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Vascular