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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 ... Atypical #ChestPain #Cardiac
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
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 #Cardiac
Cardiac Event Monitors
 • Holter Monitor - Records every heart beat for 24-48 hours
 • Loop/Event
Cardiac Event Monitors ... patient places on chest ... Monitors #heart #cardiology ... telemetry #devices #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
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
ISCHEMIA Trial - Management Algorithm for patients with Stable Angina

Stress Test -> ? +moderate or severe
LMCA lesion -> Cardiac ... reaching some who are ... symptom. ... This is not for acute ... Management #Algorithm #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 ... Consider cardiac ... diagnosis #management #cardiology