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Typical Clinical Features of Major Causes of Acute Chest Discomfort

#ChestPain #Features #Signs #Symptoms #Comparison #Table #Characteristics
Major Causes of Acute ... Chest Discomfort ... ChestPain #Features #Signs ... #Symptoms #Comparison ... #Table #Characteristics
Acute Coronary Syndrome - Diagnostic Likelihood Ratios for Symptoms and Physical Examination. 

Source:  Does This
Acute Coronary Syndrome ... This Patient With Chest ... EBM #Diagnosis #Cardiology ... #Signs #LikelihoodRatios ... #LR #Typical #Atypical
Acute Coronary Syndrome - Diagnostic Likelihood Ratios for Symptoms and Physical Examination. Source: Fanaroff AC, Rymer
Acute Coronary Syndrome ... Likelihood Ratios for Symptoms ... This Patient With Chest ... EBM #Diagnosis #Cardiology ... #Atypical #ChestPain
Aortic Stenosis - Diagnosis and Stages

Clinical Presentation
- Exertional dyspnea
- Chest pain
- Palpitations
- HF Symptoms (orthopnea, PND,
Exertional dyspnea - Chest ... Palpitations - HF Symptoms ... murmur - Sustained apical ... Stages #Management #Signs ... #Symptoms #Cardiology
Features That Differentiate Acute Pericarditis from Myocardial Ischemia or Infarction and Pulmonary Embolism

In contrast to the
myocardial ischemia, chest ... chest pain may ... #Pericarditis #Symptoms ... #Signs #Presentation ... #comparison #Table
Wellens' Sign: LAD-T Wave Inversion 
Life threatening T wave inversions in precordial leads. Often V2-V3 
Specific
Wellens' Sign: LAD-T ... week of becoming acute ... period without chest ... Serial EKGS in pts are ... Electrocardiogram #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
Typical symptoms ... Less Typical Symptoms ... Chest x-ray: signs ... (Sens. 81% for acute ... diagnosis #management #cardiology
Differentiating type-I vs. type-II MI

Sorting this out is difficult, often relying heavily on clinical judgement.

A key
develop transient chest ... If the same symptoms ... any stressor (chest ... Definition #NSTEMI #Comparison ... #Table
McConnell's Sign on POCUS Echocardiogram

2 patients w/ different diagnoses.  Both demonstrate an apical 4-chamber view
demonstrate an apical ... typically from acute ... RV infarct or acute ... chest in pts with ... Echocardiogram #clinical #cardiology
McConnell's Sign on POCUS Echocardiogram - PSAX
Positive McConnell's Sign (hypokinetic RV with apical sparing) indicates acute
hypokinetic RV with apical ... sparing) indicates acute ... in RV infarct & acute ... chest syndrome. ... PSAX #clinical #cardiology