This site is intended for healthcare professionals

Sign in
Go to /sign-in page

You can view 5 more pages without signing in

Chest pain and breathlessness

Authoring team

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.

  1. Karnani NG, Reisfield GM, Wilson GR. Evaluation of chronic dyspnea. Am Fam Physician. 2005 Apr 15;71(8):1529-37.

Related pages

Create an account to add page annotations

Create a free account

Annotations allow you to add information to this page that would be handy to have on hand during a consultation. E.g. a website or number. This information will always show when you visit this page.