Taking heartache to heart: Empirical psychological modelling of chest pain
Year: 1996
Type: dissertation
Abstract: The chest pain of patients visiting a cardiology out-patient\\'s clinic is most \\noften caused by coronary atherosclerosis, which induces an oxygen shortage in \\nthe heartmuscle and thereby pain. However, in approximately 30% of the chest \\npain patients no clear somatic cause can be found. Contemporary literature refers to these patients as suffering from cardiophobia. For a closer \\nlook at this disorder it is imperative to understand the different types of chest \\npain and the various possible causes of it. \\nAs far as the type of chest pain is concerned a difference can be made \\nbetween chest pain typical, atypical and nontypical for angina pectoris. Typical \\nchest pain is diagnosed when there is a 1) substernal chest pain or pressure, 2) \\nusually brought on predominantly by exertion, emotion or temperature changes \\nand 3) relieved promptly at rest or with nitroglycerine. Chest pain is considered \\nto be atypical when only two of the three factors are present and when only \\none characteristic is present the chest pain is considered nontypical.
Author: Alec W. Serlie
Language: English
Subfield: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1700268649