Cardiovascular
- Acute coronary syndrome
- Angina
- Aortic dissection
- Arrhythmia
- Valve disease
- Acute pericarditis (pleuritic)
- Cardiac tamponade
- Stress (Takotsubo) cardiomyopathy or broken heart syndrome
Pleuritic chest pain i.e. pain on inspiration which is a sign of pleural inflammation. Caused by:
- Pneumonia
- PE
- Pneumothorax
- Pericarditis
- Viral pleurisy
- Lung cancer
- Pleural effusion
GI
- GERD: commonest non-cardiovascular cause
- Peptic ulcer disease
- Gallstones
- Pancreatitis
Other
- Musculoskeletal: trauma, costochondritis
- Anxiety: panic attack
- Functional: chest wall syndrome
- Shingles. pain may come before the rash