9. Chest Pain Flashcards
5 conditions you need to consider?
Features of Acute Coronary Syndrome?
Features of Aortic Dissection?
Features of A Pneumothorax?
Features of a PE?
Features of Boerhaave’s perforation?
Most important one?
Which blood tests? (7)
What imaging? What second line investigations?
In a patient presenting with chest pain?
How will the medical team manage Mr Shepherd acutely? How does the management differ between full-thickness infarcts (STEMI and posterior infarcts) and partial-thickness infarcts (NSTEMI)?
What does the ECG show and what is the most likely diagnosis?
Why do some but not all patients with acute MIs get nausea and vomitting?
How can occlusion of the different coronaries arteries be distinguished on ECG?