Study reveals patients with non-cardiac chest pain are reassured with brief education
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Updated: Dec 13, 2020 11:32 IST
Sophia Antipolis [France], December 13 (ANI): Patients diagnosed with non-cardiac chest pain are reluctant to believe they do have heart disease. A new study shows that explaining the test results convinces patients and reduces the likelihood of future chest pain.
The research is presented at EACVI - Best of Imaging 2020, a scientific congress of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC).
Chest pain is one of the most frequent causes of consults at the emergency department. This study refers to individuals who sought medical help for chest pain and had a computed tomography (CT) examination of the coronary arteries that showed normal arteries. "Previous studies have reported that these patients do not trust their examination results and still think they have heart disease," said study author Ms Isabel Krohn, a radiographer at Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway.2