• Eur J Radiol · Dec 2012

    Review

    Imaging of non-cardiac, non-traumatic causes of acute chest pain.

    • Daniela Kienzl, Helmut Prosch, Michael Töpker, and Christian Herold.
    • Department of Radiology, Medical University of Vienna, Austria. daniela.kienzl@meduniwien.ac.at
    • Eur J Radiol. 2012 Dec 1;81(12):3669-74.

    AbstractNon-traumatic chest pain is a common symptom in patients who present in the emergency department. From a clinical point of view, it is important to differentiate cardiac chest pain from non-cardiac chest pain (NCCP). Among the plethora of potential causes of NCCP, life-threatening diseases, such as aortic dissection, pulmonary embolism, tension pneumothorax, and esophageal rupture, must be differentiated from non-life threatening causes. The majority of NCCP, however, is reported to be benign in nature. The presentation of pain plays an important role in narrowing the differential diagnosis and initiating further diagnostic management and treatment. As the benign causes tend to recur, and may lead to patient anxiety and great costs, a meticulous evaluation of the patient is necessary to diagnose the underlying disorder or disease.Copyright © 2011 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.

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