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*Describing the pain as heaviness, a pressure, discomfort or a bandilike tightness. | *Describing the pain as heaviness, a pressure, discomfort or a bandilike tightness. | ||
*Radiation of the pain to [[neck]], [[jaw]], [[arms]], shoulders, back or upper abdomen. | *Radiation of the pain to [[neck]], [[jaw]], [[arms]], shoulders, back or upper abdomen.<ref name="pmid34709879">{{cite journal| author=Gulati M, Levy PD, Mukherjee D, Amsterdam E, Bhatt DL, Birtcher KK | display-authors=etal| title=2021 AHA/ACC/ASE/CHEST/SAEM/SCCT/SCMR Guideline for the Evaluation and Diagnosis of Chest Pain: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Joint Committee on Clinical Practice Guidelines. | journal=Circulation | year= 2021 | volume= 144 | issue= 22 | pages= e368-e454 | pmid=34709879 | doi=10.1161/CIR.0000000000001029 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=34709879 }} </ref> | ||
*[[Diaphoresis|Sweating]] | *[[Diaphoresis|Sweating]] | ||
*[[Nausea]] | *[[Nausea]] | ||
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*[[Shortness of breath]] | *[[Shortness of breath]] | ||
*A sense of impending doom. | *A sense of impending doom. | ||
**Be mindful that women and patients with diabetes mellitus may present with the other symptoms rather than chest pain. | **Be mindful that women and patients with diabetes mellitus may present with the other symptoms rather than chest pain.<ref name="pmid34709879">{{cite journal| author=Gulati M, Levy PD, Mukherjee D, Amsterdam E, Bhatt DL, Birtcher KK | display-authors=etal| title=2021 AHA/ACC/ASE/CHEST/SAEM/SCCT/SCMR Guideline for the Evaluation and Diagnosis of Chest Pain: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Joint Committee on Clinical Practice Guidelines. | journal=Circulation | year= 2021 | volume= 144 | issue= 22 | pages= e368-e454 | pmid=34709879 | doi=10.1161/CIR.0000000000001029 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=34709879 }} </ref> | ||
===Chest pain not characteristic of myocardial ischemia: <ref name="pmid203809602">{{cite journal| author=Yelland M, Cayley WE, Vach W| title=An algorithm for the diagnosis and management of chest pain in primary care. | journal=Med Clin North Am | year= 2010 | volume= 94 | issue= 2 | pages= 349-74 | pmid=20380960 | doi=10.1016/j.mcna.2010.01.011 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=20380960 }}</ref>=== | ===Chest pain not characteristic of myocardial ischemia: <ref name="pmid203809602">{{cite journal| author=Yelland M, Cayley WE, Vach W| title=An algorithm for the diagnosis and management of chest pain in primary care. | journal=Med Clin North Am | year= 2010 | volume= 94 | issue= 2 | pages= 349-74 | pmid=20380960 | doi=10.1016/j.mcna.2010.01.011 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=20380960 }}</ref>=== | ||
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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], Nuha Al-Howthi, MD[3], José Eduardo Riceto Loyola Junior, M.D.[4]
Overview
The symptoms of chest pain can help to discern whether there is an underlying cause that may be dangerous. Symptoms that should cause alarm are; chest pain radiating to the back (aortic dissection), left arm or jaw pain, nausea, vomiting, lightheadedness, and angina pain that is different from baseline (myocardial infarction). Pain that is reproduced with palpation, greatest in the abdominal region, radiating to lower extremities, brought on by inspiration, or brought on any movement or postural changes, is less characteristic of myocardial ischemia.
History and Symptoms
Chest pain suggestive of cardiac ischemia as the underlying cause: [1]
- Describing the pain as heaviness, a pressure, discomfort or a bandilike tightness.
- Radiation of the pain to neck, jaw, arms, shoulders, back or upper abdomen.[2]
- Sweating
- Nausea
- Palpitations
- Pain with exertion
- Dizziness
- Shortness of breath
- A sense of impending doom.
- Be mindful that women and patients with diabetes mellitus may present with the other symptoms rather than chest pain.[2]
Chest pain not characteristic of myocardial ischemia: [3]
- Muscular pain; reproduced with or brought on by shoulder and/or forearm movements or postural changes,
- Pleura related pain (pleuritic pain); a sharp or knife-like pain brought on by respiratory movements as deep breathing or cough
- Primary or sole location of discomfort in the middle or lower abdominal region
- Pain that may be localized at the tip of one finger, particularly over the left ventricular apex or a costochondral junction
- Pain reproduced with movement or palpation of the chest wall or arms
- Very brief episodes of pain that last a few seconds or less
- Pain that radiates into the lower extremities
The relief of chest pain by administration of sublingual nitroglycerin in an outpatient setting is not diagnostic of coronary artery disease. For instance, esophageal pain can be relieved by the administration of nitroglycerin. Likewise, the relief of chest pain by the administration of liquid or chewable antacids and anti-reflux drugs does not exclude coronary artery disease as the underlying etiology of the pain.
References
- ↑ Yelland M, Cayley WE, Vach W (2010). "An algorithm for the diagnosis and management of chest pain in primary care". Med Clin North Am. 94 (2): 349–74. doi:10.1016/j.mcna.2010.01.011. PMID 20380960.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Gulati M, Levy PD, Mukherjee D, Amsterdam E, Bhatt DL, Birtcher KK; et al. (2021). "2021 AHA/ACC/ASE/CHEST/SAEM/SCCT/SCMR Guideline for the Evaluation and Diagnosis of Chest Pain: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Joint Committee on Clinical Practice Guidelines". Circulation. 144 (22): e368–e454. doi:10.1161/CIR.0000000000001029. PMID 34709879 Check
|pmid=value (help). - ↑ Yelland M, Cayley WE, Vach W (2010). "An algorithm for the diagnosis and management of chest pain in primary care". Med Clin North Am. 94 (2): 349–74. doi:10.1016/j.mcna.2010.01.011. PMID 20380960.