Atypical chest pain.
The initial approach to patients with a chief complaint of chest pain is to rule out myocardial ischemia. There are, however, other life-threatening causes of chest pain, including pulmonary emobilism and aortic dissection among many others. This article reviews several of these disease processes.
Jouriles
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Department of Emergency Medicine, MetroHealth Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio, USA. njouriles@metrohealth.org
D002637:Chest Pain / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004562:Electrocardiography; D004638:Emergency Treatment / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008487:Medical History Taking; D010343:Patient Admission; D010808:Physical Examination