CHEST PAIN IN CHILDREN REFERRED TO A CARDIOLOGY CLINIC

TUNAOGLU F., OLGUNTURK R., AKCABAY S., OGUZ D., GUCUYENER K., DEMIRSOY S.

PEDIATRIC CARDIOLOGY, vol.16, no.2, pp.69-72, 1995 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 16 Issue: 2
  • Publication Date: 1995
  • Doi Number: 10.1007/bf00796820
  • Journal Name: PEDIATRIC CARDIOLOGY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.69-72
  • Keywords: CHEST PAIN, CHILDREN, HEART DISEASE, IDIOPATHIC PAIN, FOLLOW-UP, ADOLESCENTS
  • Gazi University Affiliated: No

Abstract

One hundred consecutive patients (54 girls, 46 boys) referred to a pediatric cardiology department with the primary complaint of chest pain were evaluated. The age distribution was 2.5-16.0 years (mean 11.3 years for girls and 9.9 years for boys). The history showed 17% of patients with chest pain, 22% with heart disease, and 19% with recent death in the family. The time course of the pain was longer than 1 week in 92 patients. Localization was on the left precordium in 60 patients, and there was no radiation from the original site in 66 cases. Ninety-two percent of cases were idiopathic in origin. Of the 74 patients who had a psychiatric interview, 55 (74%) had psychiatric symptoms and 5 required psychiatric care. Anxiety, conversion disorder, and depression were the main psychiatric symptoms.