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Chest Pain / ACS Evaluation Algorithm
Algorithm that attempts to the use history taking (guided by LRs),
Chest Pain / ACS ... Evaluation Algorithm ... classification, and the HEART ... physical activity - Nausea ... #Algorithm #cardiology
Calcifications Around the Heart on Chest XRay
Case #1: This appearance is typical of pericardial calcification &
on Chest XRay Case ... #1: This appearance ... myocardium from an old ... #Chest #XRay #CXR ... #clinical
Tetralogy of Falot on Chest X-Ray
Tetralogy of Falot comprises four defects -
1. Ventricular septal defect (VSD)
2.
four defects - 1. ... caused the upturned ... #XRay #CXR #clinical ... #radiology #peds ... #pediatrics #cardiology
On the left a chest film of a patient with UIP due to IPF.
The findings on
reticular densities caused ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest # ... #Interstitial #Pneumonitis ... #Reticular #ILD
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
Preoperative Risk Evaluation ... algorithm to determine ... Change in clinical ... • <12mo since ACS ... change CV risk Chest
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
Heart failure with ... Fraction (HFrEF) Clinical ... Chest x-ray: signs ... → no signs of CXR ... Pharmacology: • ACE
Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
determine the cause ... between these chest ... x-rays. 1. ... with congestive heart ... #Radiology #CXR
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
Cardiomyopathy - Summary 1. ... exclude other causes ... Avoid ARBs • ICD ... months before 1° ... support for patients clinically
Pectus excavatum
In patients with a pectus excavatum the right heart border can be ill-defined, but this
excavatum the right heart ... helpful in such cases ... of the anterior chest ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Pectus #Excavatum
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
Decompensated Heart ... typically fall into 1 ... are excellent at evaluating ... the determined cause ... #differential #algorithm