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Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiovascular Causes:
 - Outflow Obstruction
     • Aortic
Chest Pain - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Aortic Dissection ... • Trauma - Neurologic ... Radiculopathy #ChestPain
PETMAC Mnemonic for Deadly Causes of Chest Pain

P - Pulmonary Embolism
E - Esophageal Rupture
T - Tension
PETMAC Mnemonic for Deadly ... ACS) A - Aortic Dissection ... Acronym #Lethal #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Chest ... #Pain #ChestPain
13 Dangerous Causes of Headache:
 - subarachnoid hemorrhage: family history, PCKD, known berry aneurysm, sudden and
cervical artery dissection ... thrombophilia, neurologic ... postpartum #Diagnosis ... Fatal #Dangerous #Deadly ... #Differential
Approach to ECGs - Ischemia
MI = Biomarkers + ECG or echo/angiogram findings
Pathologic Q - 1/3 height
STEMI, Aortic dissection ... inversion in avL - early ... Ischemia #ECG #EKG #diagnosis ... #electrocardiogram ... Interpretation #differential
Causes of ST Segment Elevation - Differential Diagnosis Framework

STEMI:
 • Upsloping convex STE: "Pardee's sign" +
Segment Elevation - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... • Acute aortic dissection ... #diagnosis #cardiology ... #ecg #ekg #electrocardiogram
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy (PPCM)

What is PPCM?
• A form of acute systolic heart failure that develops late in
late pregnancy or early ... , selenium) Differential ... coronary artery dissection ... failure • Aortic dissection ... tachycardia on the electrocardiogram