Diagnóstico diferencial da dor torácica: ênfase em causas não coronarianas / Diferential diagnosis of chest pain: enphasis on non coronary causes

Revisa-se a abordagem do paciente com dor torácica e discutem-se seus principais diagnósticos diferencias. Serão abordadas, especialmente, as dores de origem musculoesquelética, gastrointestinal, psicogênica e pulmonar, além das de origem cardíaca e isquêmica.

Reviews the current approach to the patient with chest pain complain, discussing the main diferential diagnosis. Although the studies show that most these pains are of noncardiac orgin, anciliary exams made have as their objectivies discard coronary diseases and other fatal patologies. Since the non ischemic causes are more prevalent in the medical practice we will discuss in this article the musculoskeletal, gastrointestinal orgin, psicogenic, pulmonary orgin pains, other than ischemic pain.