Course:
Clinical Strategies - Pain Series, College of Radiographers CPD Endorsed, Diseases and Conditions, Philips Visicu
Module:
Clinical Strategies - Chest Pain
Module Description:
Audience: All medical professionals
Prerequisites: None
The aim of this tutorial by Ashley Davidoff, M.D. is to provide a comprehensive review of chest pain. After completion of this tutorial, the learner will understand the various causes of chest pain, the characteristic clinical presentations, the general approach to management as well as the usual diagnostic algorithm, procedures and imaging studies that are performed. The course will review the many causes that range from life-threatening conditions such as myocardial infarction and aortic dissection, to more benign conditions such as indigestion, heartburn, and gastroesophageal reflux, costochondritis, and muscular aches.
Learning Objectives
* Describe the various causes of chest pain
* Recognize coronary artery anatomy
* Discss the physiology and pathophysiology of the heart
* Discuss the characteristic clinical presentations of chest pain
* Recognize the usual diagnostic algorithm and procedures that are performed
* Explain the general approach to the management
Author:
Dr. Ashley Davidoff
About the author:
Ashley Davidoff, M.D. is Professor of Clinical Radiology, Co-Director of Abdominal Imaging, and Director of Radiologic Education at Caritas St Elizabeth's Medical Center, an affiliate of Tufts Medical School. Dr. Davidoff graduated from the University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa with a degree in medicine, with subsequent Fellowships in Pediatric Cardiology at the Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada; Fellow in Cardiac Pathology, Children's Medical Center, Harvard Medical School in Boston, MA; Fellow in Angiography and Interventional Radiology at Harvard Medical School; Residency in General Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Instructor in Radiology, Ultrasound Department at Brigham and Women's Hospital. Dr. Davidoff is a member of the Radiological Society of North America since 1991, and is published in numerous peer review journals, including book chapters. He has an interest in art and medicine and currently has an exhibit at the Museum of Science in Boston.
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