Causes of Chest pain
Cardiovascular
- Angina +/- unstable angina +/- MI
- Pericarditis
- Mitral valve prolapse (++ effort by the L ventricle)
Aortic
- Dissecting / dilating aortic aneurysm
- Aortitis
Lung Disease
- Pneumothorax
- Pulmonary embolism ? pulmonary infarction
- Pneumonia ? pleurisy
- Trachitis, TB
- Malignancy
- Connective tissue disease
Oesophageal
- Reflux
- Peptic ulcer
- Mallory Wiess tear
Abdominal
Chest wall
- Tietze’s syndrome (costocondritis)
- Borholm disease (epidemic mylagia)
- Fractured/injured rib
- Intercostal muscle injury
Skeletal
- Thoracic outlet syndrome
- Herniated intervertebral disc
- Anklysoing Spondylitis
- Osteoarthritis
- Tabes dorsalis (syphilis)
Neurological
- Anxiety
- Shingles
- Heroin addicts (Hx too perfert) + time wasters
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