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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Aisha Adigun, B.Sc., M.D.[2]

Overview

There are no established risk factors for [disease name].

OR

The most potent risk factor in the development of [disease name] is [risk factor 1]. Other risk factors include [risk factor 2], [risk factor 3], and [risk factor 4].

OR

Common risk factors in the development of [disease name] include [risk factor 1], [risk factor 2], [risk factor 3], and [risk factor 4].

OR

Common risk factors in the development of [disease name] may be occupational, environmental, genetic, and viral.

Risk Factors

There are no established risk factors for [disease name].

OR

The most potent risk factor in the development of [disease name] is [risk factor 1]. Other risk factors include [risk factor 2], [risk factor 3], and [risk factor 4].

OR

Common risk factors in the development of [disease name] include [risk factor 1], [risk factor 2], [risk factor 3], and [risk factor 4].

Common Risk Factors

• Common risk factors in the development of Chest pain may be occupational, environmental, genetic, and viral.
• Common risk factors in the development ofchest pain include:
  • Cardiac risk factors;
    • Previous history of myocardial infarction
    • History of valvular disorders
    • Pericarditis and mtocarditis
    • Family history of cardiac conditions
    • Hypertension
    • High blood lipids
    • Diabetes
    • Tobacco use
  • Pulmonary risk factors;
    • Prior history of pulmonary embolism or DVTs
    • Hormonal contraceptive use
    • Malignancies
    • Recent surgery
    • Immobilization
    • History of pneumonia
    • Trauma/pulmonary contusion
    • Pneumothorax or pleural effusion
  • Gastrointestinal Risk factors;
    • Obesity
    • Pregnancy
    • Hiatal hernia
    • Recent gastroesophageal procedures involving scopes
    • Boerhaave syndrome

Less Common Risk Factors

• Less common risk factors in the development of [disease name] include:
  • [Risk factor 1]
  • [Risk factor 2]
  • [Risk factor 3]