Adolescent Chest Pain and Cardiac Emergencies.
Chest pain is a common problem among adolescents and often leads them to seek medical care. Although studies have shown that the complaint is rarely associated with severe illness, symptoms must be carefully assessed because they occasionally can be secondary to serious pathology and often cause major stress for the adolescent and his or her family.
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Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 34th St. & Civic Center Blvd., Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.