Kevin G. Friedman, MD, and Mark E. Alexander, MD Chest pain and syncope are common in
children, accounting for numerous provider visits and leading to a considerable amount of …

Chest pain in children and adolescents frequently involves referral to a pediatric
cardiologist. The etiology of chest pain in pediatrics is broad, and the vast majority of cases …

Abstract The American College of Cardiology (ACC) participated in a joint project with the
American Society of Echocardiography, the Society of Pediatric Echocardiography, and …

OBJECTIVE: We sought to determine the incidence of sudden cardiac death among patients
discharged from the cardiology clinic with presumed noncardiac chest pain (CP) …

Troponin is a marker that displays cardiac injury quickly and accurately. In adults, troponin
elevation is usually associated with coronary artery disease and requires urgent cardiac …

Background: Chest pain, as a common cause of hospital admissions in childhood,
necessitates detailed investigations due to a wide range of differential diagnoses. In this …

Exercise testing plays an increasingly important role in the diagnosis and assessment of
heart disease and lung disease in children and adolescents. In Cardiopulmonary Exercise …

BackgroundChest pain is a common presenting complaint to paediatrics, paediatric
cardiology, and paediatric emergency departments. In this study, we prospectively evaluated …

Background Chest pain is a common reason for referral to pediatric cardiologists. Although
pediatric chest pain is rarely attributable to serious cardiac pathology, extensive and costly …

Objective The objective of this study was to define the test characteristics of cardiac troponin
T (cTnT) in pediatric patients who presented with suspected myocarditis. Methods We …