[Detection of angina pectoris in a 5-year follow-up of patients with initially diagnosed cardialgia].

During a 5-year follow-up of 150 patients with initially diagnosed cardialgia, the diagnosis of angina pectoris was revised more frequently in those followed up by therapeutists (46%), significantly more infrequently in those seen by outpatient cardiologists (18%) and much more infrequently in those examined by hospital cardiologists (6%). Risk factors for coronary heart disease were detected 2-4 times more frequently in patients with angina pectoris than in those with preserved cardialgia.