title: [Importance of ECG and chest x-ray of ambulant patients with chest pain].
abstract: 107 consecutive outpatients were examined prospectively to evaluate the contribution of clinical history, ECG and chest X-ray to diagnosis of chest pain. Based on patient history, clinical examination, ECG and chest X-ray, 23 (21.5%) of all patients had chest pain related to organic disease, whereas in 84 (78.5%) patients the symptomatology was of a functional/psychosomatic nature. In chest pain of organic origin ECG and chest X-ray contributed to diagnosis in 1/4 of the cases. In patients with so-called functional chest pain, ECG and chest X-ray were of no diagnostic value but had a psychological and therapeutic effect in a way that facilitated patient management.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000553:Ambulatory Care; D002637:Chest Pain / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography
vernacular_title: Die Bedeutung von EKG und Thoraxbild bei ambulanten Patienten mit Brustschmerzen.