Ravi Singh K @rav7ks · 4 years ago
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Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework Cardiovascular Causes of Chest Pain: • Myocardium: - Myocarditis - CAD/ACS - Valvulopathy - Myopericarditis
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Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Cardiovascular Causes of Chest Pain:
 • Myocardium:
	- Myocarditis
	- CAD/ACS
	- Valvulopathy
	- Myopericarditis
 • Vascular:
	- Aortic dissection
	- SCAD
 • Pericardium:
	- Pericarditis
	- Tamponade

Pulmonary Causes of Chest Pain:
 • Chest Wall/Airways:
	- Bronchitis
	- Costochondritis
	- Tietze syndrome
	- Zoster
 • Vasculature: PE
 • Parenchyma:  Pleuritis
 • Alveoli:
	- CHF
	- Pneumonia
 • Pleura:
	- Effusion
	- Pneumothorax

Other Causes of Chest Pain:
 • Mediastinitis
 • Esophageal:
	- Spasm
	- Obstruction
	- Rupture
 • Gastric:
	- GERD
	- Gastritis
	- PUD
 • Gallbladder: Cholecystitis

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Ravi Singh K @rav7ks · 4 years ago
Academic Hospitalist and Program Director @SinaiBmoreIMRes, Medicine clerkship director GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences RMC at Sinai, Clinical reasoning,Simulation and POCUS enthusiast - https://twitter.com/rav7ks
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