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   Chest pain

   Chest pain may be a symptom of a number of serious conditions and is generally considered a medical emergency. ... Aortic dissection
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   Pain

   Pain is the unpleasant feeling common to such experiences as stubbing a toe, burning a finger, putting iodine on a cut and bumping the "funny bone". ... For example, chest pain described as extreme heaviness may indicate myocardial infarction, while chest pain described as tearing may indicate aortic dissection.
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   Aortic dissection

   Aortic dissection is a tear in the wall of the aorta that causes blood to flow between the layers of the wall of the aorta and force the layers apart. ... Despite chest pain, do not administer nitrates.
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   Abdominal pain

   aortic dissection, abdominal aortic aneurysm ... | Torso | Abdomen · Back (Upper, Lower) · Chest · Mastodynia (Breast) · Pelvic pain |
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   Neck pain

   Carotid artery dissection ... Surgery is usually not indicated for most mechanical causes of neck pain.
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   Myocardial infarction

   Myocardial infarction (MI) or acute myocardial infarction (AMI), commonly known as a heart attack, is the interruption of blood supply to part of the heart, causing some heart cells to die. ... The differential diagnosis includes other catastrophic causes of chest pain, such as pulmonary embolism, aortic dissection, pericardial effusion causing cardiac tamponade, tension pneumothorax, and esophageal rupture.
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   List of emergency medicine topics

   Chest pain ... Aortic dissection
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   Acute pericarditis

   Failure to respond to NSAIDs within one week (indicated by persistence of fever, worsening of condition, new pericardial effusion, or continuing chest pain) likely indicates that a cause other than viral or idiopathic is in process. ... | CD/CHD | CAD · Coronary thrombosis · Coronary vasospasm · Coronary artery aneurysm · Coronary artery dissection · Myocardial Bridge |
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   Acute coronary syndrome

   In the setting of acute chest pain, the electrocardiogram is the investigation that most reliably distinguishes between various causes. ... | CD/CHD | CAD · Coronary thrombosis · Coronary vasospasm · Coronary artery aneurysm · Coronary artery dissection · Myocardial Bridge |
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    Percutaneous coronary intervention

    Infection at the skin puncture site is rare and dissection (tearing) of the access blood vessel is uncommon. ... Sometimes chest pain can occur during angioplasty because the balloon briefly blocks off the blood supply to the heart.

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• Percutaneous coronary intervention

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