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Chest Pain

Types, Causes and Diagnosis

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Pain in the chest (which is generally felt substernally) is a grave symptom, given its association with heart disease. At present, cardiac disorders are the most common cause for patients to die in the USA [1, 2].

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  1. Department of Pulmonology, Memorial Atasehir Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey

    İlim Irmak

  2. Medical Faculty, Department of Pulmonology, Celal Bayar University, Manisa, Turkey

    Arzu Yorgancıoğlu

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  1. Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Eskişehir Osmangazi University, Eskisehir, Türkiye

    Cemal Cingi

  2. Department of Pulmonology, Celal Bayar University, Manisa, Türkiye

    Arzu Yorgancıoğlu

  3. Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Kırıkkale University, Kırıkkale, Türkiye

    Nuray Bayar Muluk

  4. Federal University of Bahia School of Medicine and ProAR Foundation, Salvador - Bahia, Brazil

    Alvaro A. Cruz

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  1. Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Elazığ Fethi Sekin City Hospital, Elazığ, Turkey

    Nihat Susaman

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Irmak, İ., Yorgancıoğlu, A. (2023). Chest Pain. In: Cingi, C., Yorgancıoğlu, A., Bayar Muluk, N., Cruz, A.A. (eds) Airway diseases. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-22483-6_26-1

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