title: [Chest pain].
abstract: Chest pain in ambulatory setting is predominantly not heart-associated. Most patients suffer from muskuloskeletal or functional (psychogenic) chest pain. Differential diagnosis covers aortic dissection, rib-fracture, shingles, GERD, Tietze-Syndrome, pulmonary embolism, pleuritis, pneumothorax, pleurodynia and metastatic disease. In most cases history, symptoms and signs allow a clinical diagnosis of high pretest-probability.
authors.affiliation: Hausarzt i. R., Interlaken.
authors.forename: Benedikt
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Horn
mesh_terms: D000787:Angina Pectoris / Q000175:diagnosis; D002637:Chest Pain / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006801:Humans; D008487:Medical History Taking; D010808:Physical Examination