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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 ... Pulmonary embolism • Cardiac ... ultrasound • CXR ... score for PE • CTA
X-ray limitations
It’s important to know the limitations of X-rays so we can correctly interpret them in
Care UltraSound (POCUS ... ) to CT or MRI. ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... ChestXRay #KUB #CXR ... #Limitations #Comparison
Radiation Dose to Adults from Common Imaging Examinations
ABDOMINAL REGION
 - Computed Tomography (CT) — Abdomen and
Tomography Angiography (CTA ... mSv 4 years - Cardiac ... #PatientInfo #Radiology ... Imaging #ChestXRay #CXR ... #CT #Nuclear #Comparison
Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
determine the cause ... between these chest ... Organizing pneumonia (OP ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #CXR
Hampton hump is a radiologic sign which consists of a shallow wedge-shaped opacity in the periphery
may aid in the diagnosis ... In this case, pulmonary ... confirmed with chest ... CT angiography. ... #photo #CXR #EmergencyMedicine
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Chronic inflammation causes ... Most Common Causes ... parenchyma Diagnosis ... CT) • Broncho-arterial ... #differential #diagnosis
Aortic dissection on Cardiac CTA

This is a amazing gated CTA showing a real time cine clip
CTA done for chest ... Diagnosis is usually ... made by a CT scan ... The diagnosis can ... #radiology #aorta
The CT-image is not very helpful in the differentiation.
There are hypodense areas, which could be masses.
On
The CT-image is ... which could be masses ... Finally the diagnosis ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest #
CABG Graft Pseudoaneurysm

Chest pain post CABG - always worth taking a look!  Large graft pseudoaneurysm!!
encounter challenging cardiac ... CTA chest showed ... the diagnosis, ... CT surg repaired ... Pseudoaneurysm #clinical #pocus
Lobar atelectasis or lobar collaps is an important finding on a chest x-ray and has a
important finding on a chest ... The most common causes ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #CXR #Lobar #Collapse ... #Patterns #Comparison