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Causes of chestpain in clinical practise

Types of chest pain observed in clinical practise are:
Restrosternal pain
Pleuritic pain
Acut onset chest pain
Chest pain with dyspnea 
Causes of chest pain with circulatory collapse or syncope

  • Acute myocardial infarction.
  • Tension pneumothorax.
  • Pulmonary' thromboemlxilism
  • Dissectlon of aorta.
  • Cardiac tamponade.
  • Acute pancreatitis.
  • Upper gastro intestinal bleeding.