Table 1

Differential diagnoses

Cardiac ischaemic painPleuritic painAtypical pain
AnginaPnuemoniaNon-specific chest pain
Acute coronary syndromePulmonary embolismOesophageal pain
(Dissecting aortic aneurysm)PneumothroraxCardiac pain
(Oesophageal pain)Rib injuryGastric/biliary pain
(pericardiatis)(pericarditis)Chest wall pain
Pericarditis
Dissecting aortic aneurysm