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Pericardial

Diagnosis 1: Pericarditis

Diagnosis 2: Pericardial Effusion

Diagnosis 3: Constrictive Pericarditis

Diagnosis 4: Cardiac Tamponade

Myocardial:

Diagnosis 1: Systolic Dysfunction

Diagnosis 2: Diastolic Dysfunction

Diagnosis 3: Cardiomyopathy

Diagnosis 4: Myocarditis

Adults

Chidren 

Valvular:

Diagnosis 1: Regurgitation

Mitral regurgitation

Chronic

Acute

Aortic regurgitation

Chronic Acute (Adult)

Course/Management (Chronic Aortic)

Diagnosis 2: Stenosis

Mitral

Aortic

Diagnosis 3: Sub-valvular disease

Vascular:

Diagnosis 1: Stable Angina

Diagnosis 2: Acute Coronary Syndrome 

Diagnosis 3: Thoracic Aortic Dissection

CHEST DISCOMFORT: Cardiovascular Pulmonary/Mediastinal Cardiovascular Other Chest DiscomfortIschemic Outflow Obstruction Non-Ischemic Aortic Stenosis Myocardial Infarction* Stable/Unstable Angina* Aortic Dissection* Dilating Aneurysm* Pericardial Tamponade* Pericarditis Myocarditis* Denotes acutely life-threatening causes

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