Needles in Hay: Chest pain as the presenting symptom in children with serious underlying cardiac pathology

Congenital Heart Disease

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 366-373

  Kane, David A ^a   Fulton, David R ^a   Saleeb, Susan ^a   Zhou, Jing ^a   Lock, James E ^a   Geggel, Robert L ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac Disease; Chest Pain; Pediatrics

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AORTA ARCH SYNDROME; AORTA DISSECTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CORONARY ARTERY ANOMALY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MYOCARDITIS; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PERICARDITIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; SCHOOL CHILD; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THORAX PAIN; ANAMNESIS; CHEST PAIN; COMPLICATION; CORONARY CARE UNIT; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EXERCISE TEST; HEART DISEASES; HOSPITAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROGNOSIS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; BOSTON; CARDIOLOGY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; CHEST PAIN; CHILD; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM PATTERN; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; YOUNG ADULT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 77955138516     PISSN: 1747079X     EISSN: 17470803     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-0803.2010.00436.x     Document Type: Article

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