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Diagnoses other than cardiac ischemia for patients with chest pain

Diagnoses other than cardiac ischemia for patients with chest pain

Cardiovascular not caused by epicardial CAD

Aortic dissection*
Aortic aneurysm*
Myocarditis*
Pericarditis
Stress (takotsubo) cardiomyopathy*
Chest wall
Cervical disc disease
Costochondritis
Fibrositis
Herpes zoster (before the rash)
Neuropathic pain
Rib fracture
Sternoclavicular arthritis
Pulmonary
Pleuritis
Pneumonia
Pulmonary embolus*
Tension pneumothorax*
Psychiatric
Affective disorders (eg, depression)
Anxiety disorders
Hyperventilation
Panic disorder
Primary anxiety
Somatoform disorders
Thought disorders (eg, fixed delusions)
Gastrointestinal
Biliary
Cholangitis
Cholecystitis
Choledocholithiasis
Colic
Esophageal
Esophagitis
Spasm
Reflux
Rupture*
Pancreatitis
Peptic ulcer disease
Nonperforating
Perforating*
* Potentially life-threatening conditions.
Adapted with permission from: ACC/AHA/ACP Guidelines for the Management of Patients with Chronic Stable Angina. J Am Coll Cardiol 1999; 33:2092. Copyright ©1999 American College of Cardiology.
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