Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework



Cardiovascular Causes of Chest Pain:

 • Myocardium:

	- Myocarditis

	- CAD/ACS

	- Valvulopathy

	- Myopericarditis

 • Vascular:

	- Aortic dissection

	- SCAD

 • Pericardium:

	- Pericarditis

	- Tamponade



Pulmonary Causes of Chest Pain:

 • Chest Wall/Airways:

	- Bronchitis

	- Costochondritis

	- Tietze syndrome

	- Zoster

 • Vasculature: PE

 • Parenchyma:  Pleuritis

 • Alveoli:

	- CHF

	- Pneumonia

 • Pleura:

	- Effusion

	- Pneumothorax



Other Causes of Chest Pain:

 • Mediastinitis

 • Esophageal:

	- Spasm

	- Obstruction

	- Rupture

 • Gastric:

	- GERD

	- Gastritis

	- PUD

 • Gallbladder: Cholecystitis



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