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  • Title: [Acute chest pain].
    Author: Kurz K, Katus HA, Giannitsis E.
    Journal: Internist (Berl); 2005 Sep; 46(9):957-64. PubMed ID: 15971051.
    Abstract:
    Acute chest pain is the leading cause of hospital admissions worldwide and absorbs extensive financial and hospital resources for diagnosis and management. A missed diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction is still associated with a poor outcome and represents one of the most common reasons for lawsuits in the USA. The present article gives a summary on the features of cardiac and non-cardiac chest pain, provides an overview of diagnostic algorithms, and points out the important differential diagnoses.
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