Chest Pain - Psychology
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Monday, November 23, 2009

Cardiac and psychiatric diagnoses among patients referred for chest pain and palpitations.

30 Jul 2009 OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study was to assess the prevalence of cardiac and psychiatric diagnoses in patients with chest pain and palpitations. DESIGN: Consecutive patients (n=198), aged between 18 and 65, referred to a cardiac outpatient unit ... Read more...

Predictors and outcomes of frequent chest pain unit users.

29 Jun 2009 AIM: To determine predictors of frequent chest pain unit (CPU) users and to identify characteristics and outcomes of their CPU visits. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Observational prospective case-control study. Frequent CPU user was defined by 3 or more CPU ... Read more...

Hypnotherapy for functional gastrointestinal disorders: a review.

29 Jun 2009 Patients with functional gastrointestinal disorders, such as irritable bowel syndrome, functional dyspepsia, and noncardiac chest pain, can suffer from a range of severe symptoms that often substantially erode quality of life. Unfortunately, these ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Chest Pain - Psychology'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Cardiac and psychiatric diagnoses among patients referred for chest pain and palpitations. 30 Jul 2009
• Predictors and outcomes of frequent chest pain unit users. 29 Jun 2009
• Hypnotherapy for functional gastrointestinal disorders: a review. 29 Jun 2009
• Searching for self: the layers and labels of panic disorder: a New Zealand study. 27 Feb 2009
• The role of emotional imagery and somatosensory amplification in atypical chest pain in patients with angina pectoris: a single-case experimental design. 27 Feb 2009
• The effect of music intervention in relation to gender during coronary angiographic procedures: a randomized clinical trial. 28 Jan 2009
• Autogenic training to manage symptomology in women with chest pain and normal coronary arteries. 30 Dec 2008
• Patients' opinions of acute chest pain care: a qualitative evaluation of Chest Pain Units. 12 Nov 2008
• Depressed mood, positive affect, and heart rate variability in patients with suspected coronary artery disease. 19 Oct 2008
• Smoking cessation among patients in an emergency chest pain observation unit: outcomes of the Chest Pain Smoking Study (CPSS). 29 Sep 2008
• Health care seeking behaviors, psychological factors, and quality of life of noncardiac chest pain. 30 Aug 2008
• Acute chest pain emergencies - spouses' prehospital experiences. 26 Aug 2008
• Cardiophobia: a critical analysis. 30 May 2008
• [Study on the recognition of upper abdominal symptoms by Japanese adults ] 30 May 2008
• Depression, anxiety, stress, social interaction and health-related quality of life in men and women with unexplained chest pain. 17 May 2008
• Cardiac rehabilitation for the treatment of women with chest pain and normal coronary arteries. 29 Apr 2008
• Psychosocial profile in men and women with unexplained chest pain. 2 Apr 2008
• Two hearts beating as one. 28 Feb 2008
• Hysteria and technology: was Eliot Slater right? 28 Feb 2008
• Nine-year follow-up of panic disorder in chest pain patients: clinical course and predictors of outcome. 28 Feb 2008

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Technical information about 'Chest Pain'

Definition: Pressure, burning, or numbness in the chest.

Descriptor UI: D002637

Alternative terms: Chest Pain; Chest Pains; Pain, Chest; Pains, Chest;

Related Mesh Headings: Angina Pectoris;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; congenital; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; embryology; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; radiotherapy; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; veterinary; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: C23.888.646.215;

History Note: 87

Technical Notes: cardiac = probably ANGINA PECTORIS