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Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Cardiovascular Causes of Chest Pain:
 • Myocardium:
	- Myocarditis
	- CAD/ACS
	- Valvulopathy
	- Myopericarditis
Pericardium: - Pericarditis ... - Tamponade Pulmonary ... #Chest #Pain #ChestPain ... Diagnosis #Causes #Cardiology
Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiovascular Causes:
 - Outflow Obstruction
     • Aortic
Aneurysm • Pericarditis ... • Myocarditis Pulmonary ... Vascular • Pulmonary ... Radiculopathy #ChestPain ... #Noncardiac #Cardiology
Pathophysiology Of Constriction
Exaggerated Ventricular Interdependence:
 • Limited Cardiac Filling due to Fixed Volume → Septum Shifts
Pathophysiology ... - pericardial (pulmonary ... #constrictive #pericarditis ... #pathophysiology ... #cardiology #dissociation
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA): Extra-articular manifestations
Skin: 
 • Inflammation of skin (esp. over areas of stress) forms
of pericardium (Pericarditis ... interstitial lung disease/pulmonary ... RheumatoidArthritis #RA #pathophysiology ... #signs #symptoms
Acute Recurrent Pericarditis
= recurrence of Acute Pericarditis (AP) after free interval >4-6 weeks without symptoms, >1/4
Acute Recurrent Pericarditis ... weeks without symptoms ... Myopericarditis, Systemic symptoms ... : pulmonary manifestations ... #rheumatology #cardiology
Palpitations - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
• It is an unpleasant awareness or sensation that the heart is
tachycardia • Pericarditis ... Pheochromocytoma • Pulmonary ... AVNRT Red Flag Symptoms ... #Palpitations #Cardiology
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
acute respiratory symptoms ... symptoms • Rheumatologic ... symptomsPericarditis ... Blastomycosis Symptoms ... Aspergillosis Pathophysiology