Nature of chest pain

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The nature of chest pain gives a clue to possible underlying pathology:-

constricting - suggestive of angina, anxiety or oesophagitis;

sharp - may be from the pleura or pericardium (pain that is exacerbated by deep inspiration is pleuritic);

intense prolonged pain - suggestive of myocardial infarction ("the worst pain that I have ever had...I thought that I was going to die");

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Nature of chest pain

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