Non-Cardiac Chest Pain as a Persistent Physical Symptom: Psychological Distress and Workability.

Non-Cardiac Chest Pain (NCCP) is persistent chest pain in the absence of identifiable cardiac pathology. Some NCCP cases meet criteria for Persistent Physical Symptoms (PPS), where the symptoms are both persistent and distressing/disabling. This study aimed to identify patients that might need specialist treatment for PPS by examining cases of NCCP that meet PPS criteria.

[Non-cardiac chest pain and its association with persistent chest pain and poor mental well-being].

Introduction: An estimated 50-75% of visits to cardiac emergency departments are due to chest pain which is non-cardiac in nature (non-cardiac chest pain (NCCP). This study evaluates the prevalence of NCCP in the emergency departments at Landspitali, and assesses its association with continued chest-pain post discharge, mental well--being and the information-provision provided to NCCP patients during hospitalization.

Material And Methods: Participants were 390 patients (18-65 years) presenting with chest pain to the cardiac emergency or the general emergency department at Landspitali from October 2015-May 2016.