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Ahhh, '''chest pain'''. My favorite, your favorite. '''Chest pain''' can range from benign to completely lethal, which is why health care professionals often develop sympathy '''chest pain''' when evaluating the patient with '''chest pain'''.<ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2017/07/troponin-bump/ Intern Has Mild Troponin Bump Over Patient’s Mild Troponin Bump (Gomerblog)]</ref> The differential diagnosis for '''chest pain''' is a long one. Buckle up and here we go! '''Etiologies'''----It is best to divide the causes of '''chest pain''' into systems: cardiac, pulmonary, gastrointestinal, musculoskeletal, hematologic, psychiatric, and other bullsh*t. #Cardiac - The old ticker is potentially a ticking time bomb, and that's we have to take it seriously. The list of cardiac causes runs long:* Myocardial ischemia* Aortic dissection* Pericardiitis