Background. Chest pain is a common symptom that presents the primary care physician with
a complex diagnostic and therapeutic challenge. Aims. To evaluate the natural history and …

Background/objective: Chest pain is a common complaint and reason for consultation. We
aimed to study the epidemiology of chest pain with respect to underlying aetiologies and to …

Objective Observational study of patients with chest pain in primary care: determination of
incidence, referral rate, diagnostic tests and (agreement between) working and final …

Questions under study: We assessed the occurrence and aetiology of chest pain in primary
care practice. These features differ between primary and emergency care settings, where …

Objective To ascertain long term cardiovascular outcomes in patients whose chest pain
remained undiagnosed six months after first presentation. Design Cohort study. Setting UK …

Background Ischaemic heart disease (IHD) can be excluded in the majority of patients with
unspecific chest pain. The remainder have what is generally referred to as non-cardiac chest …

Aim To investigate the frequencies of different and relevant underlying etiologies of chest
pain in general practice. Methods We systematically searched PubMed and EMBASE. Two …

Abstract Background. Rapid Access Chest Pain Clinics have recently been introduced to
assist in the management of primary care patients experiencing suspected cardiac chest …

Background Nonspecific chest pain is common in primary care, yet knowledge is sparse
about its course and outcome and how they relate to optimum health care usage. We …

Background: Little is known about the prevalence and importance of non‐cardiac chest pain
in the general population. Aim: To evaluate the magnitude and impact of this condition …