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Chest Pain - Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm

History and Exam
Acute life-threatening causes:
 • Acute myocardial infarction
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Chest Pain - Diagnosis ... life-threatening causes ... Acute myocardial infarction ... • Pulmonary embolism ... • Cardiac tamponade
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
Diagnosis Framework ... Epigastric: Consider cardiac ... • Splenic vein thrombus ... • Splenic infarction ... • Abdominal wall
This is the bedside Echo of a critically ill young lady who was transferred in profound
Her working diagnoses ... We call these “clots-in ... Clinical #POCUS #Cardiac ... #A4C #MassivePE ... #Embolism #Thrombus
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
exclude other causes ... • Myocardial infarction ... • Pulmonary embolus ... LVEDd > 6.0 cm, LV thrombus ... Many patients will
CABG Graft Pseudoaneurysm

Chest pain post CABG - always worth taking a look!  Large graft pseudoaneurysm!!
Pseudoaneurysm Chest pain ... pseudoaneurysm with a clot ... encounter challenging cardiac ... chest showed the diagnosis ... echocardiogram #s4c