Case 3: Acute chest pain

Acute chest pain and paraparesis.

Acute and Chronic Chest Pain

1. To understand the differential diagnosis of chest pain requiring cardiac surgical consultation. 2. To understand the physiology of and rationality for medical treatment of ischemic coronary artery disease. 3. To differentiate acute aortic dissection from myocardial infarction in the emergency setting. 4. To understand initial stabilization of the patient with aortic dissection. 5. To recogni...

Chest Pain

اغلب بیماران می پندارند که درد قفسه (Chest Pain) نشانگر به سکته قلبی است. البته الزاماً این طور نیست، درد ممکن است منشا ریوی، معده - روده ای، روانی یا ماهیچه ای - استخوانی داشته باشد، وقتی دو مورد و یا بیشتر از آن با هم همراه شوند، علائم بروز می کند. همه اینها تشخیص درد سینه را مشکل می سازد. فقط با جداکردن علائم فردی و بیماریهای مربوط به آن می توانید یک تصویر تشخیصی معین و واضحی را ترسیم کنید. 

Acute chest pain on cruise ships.

* Every day, in various forms, emergency physicians and their patients face the question: how safe is safe enough? Is the risk of something bad low enough that it is reasonable to neglect it [1]? Acute chest pain is a daily challenge and even more so for doctors on cruise ships at sea who face additional questions: is the cause something that can be treated aboard, and if not, what can be done ...

Acute Chest Pain — Suspected Aortic Dissection

MRA chest and abdomen without IV contrast 7 This procedure is an alternative to CTA for patients with contraindication to both iodinated and gadolinium contrast agents, such as in patients with renal failure, patients with multiple prior chest CTA for similar symptoms, and in patients showing no signs of hemodynamic instability. Scanner availability and local expertise limit widespread use, as ...