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Causes of chest pain
Cardiovascular - myocarditis , angina , MI , unstable angina , aortic aneurysm , mitral valve prolapse
Respiratory - pulmonary embolism , pleuritis , pneumothorax , pneumonia
Psychiatric - conversion disorder , malingering
GI - GRD , peptic ulcer disease
Musculoskeletal - costochondritis
Not Myocardial infarction if
The patient can pinpoint the area of pain..knife life pain...mostly it could be due to musculoskeletal not MI
When u give nitroglycerin
If pain becomes less it is then due to transient ischemia
If the pain becomes worse then it is mostly due to GERD
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