title: Chest pain in children and adolescents.
abstract: The focus of this article is to explore chest pain in children and adolescents. Common causes of chest pain and the approach to its evaluation are reviewed. Special emphasis is given to the cardiac causes of pediatric chest pain and how it can be differentiated from more common benign etiologies.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, 8701 Watertown Plank Road, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA. jrc@mcw.edu
authors.forename: Joseph R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Cava
authors.forename: Pamela L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Sayger
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002637:Chest Pain / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D002648:Child; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008487:Medical History Taking; D010808:Physical Examination