Chest pain/discomfort (CP) is a common symptom and can be diagnostic dilemma for many clinicians the misdiagnosis of an acute or progressive chronic cardiac etiology may carry significant risk morbidity mortality. This review summarizes different options modalities establishing diagnosis severity CAD. An effective test selection algorithm should individually tailored to each patient maximize ac...

Upon completing this article, you should be able to: 1. compare and contrast different causes of chest pain, including the benign and the potentially lethal; 2. discuss factors in the patient history and physical examination that may suggest acute coronary syndromes, pulmonary embolism, or aortic dissection; 3. describe the rationale for different diagnostic studies in the work-up of a patient ...