Multidisciplinary Evaluation of Noncardiac Chest Pain
Journal Title: Journal of Clinical and Analytical Medicine - Year 2012, Vol 3, Issue 3
Abstract
Aim: We aimed the report the reasons, clinical evaluation, and treatment options of noncardiac chest pain. Material and Method: A total 40 noncardiac chest pain patients had been evaluated and treated. They were applied with angina like chest pain to cardiac clinic firstly, the patients were evaluated with myocard perfusion scintigraphy or coronary angiography, and then all of the patients consulted with musculoskeletal, emotional, esophageal and chest diseases clinics. Results: The mean age of the patients was 41.35±12.20 years (18-70 years), twelve (30%) were male and 28 (70%) were female. Musculoskeletal diseases were observed 9 (22.5%) patients, emotional diseases were observed 8 (20%) patients, esophageal diseases were observed 14 (35%) patients and chest diseases were observed 9 (22.5%) patients. Discussion: Noncardiac Chest Pain is a common, expensive, not always benign and difficult problem in clinical practice. The etiologies should be include musculoskeletal, emotional, esophageal and chest diseases. Carefully evaluation, early diagnosis and appropriate treatment approaches are important because of the high costs and contains the seriously life threating causes
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Rasih Yazkan, Serdar Han
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