Chest pain and breathlessness
Causes of chest pain and breathlessness include:
- myocardial ischaemia
- pericarditis
- dissecting aneurysm
- pulmonary embolus
- oesophageal pain
- musculoskeletal pain
- other pulmonary causes e.g. pleurisy, pneumonia
Reference.
- Karnani NG, Reisfield GM, Wilson GR. Evaluation of chronic dyspnea. Am Fam Physician. 2005 Apr 15;71(8):1529-37.
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