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March 1, 1996HeartOpen Access

Distress correlates with the degree of chest pain: a description of patients awaiting revascularisation.

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Population

904 consecutive patients in western Sweden on the waiting list in September 1990 who had been referred for…

Design

Cross-sectional

Authors

ABA BengtsonSahlgrenska University HospitalJHJohan HerlitzGeneral CardiologyTKThomas KarlssonLinköping University

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Implication

Psychological symptoms may warrant assessment in pre-revascularization care; leaves open whether targeted interventions improve outcomes.

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Population
904 consecutive patients in western Sweden on the waiting list in September 1990 who had been referred for coronary angiography or coronary revascularisation.
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Outcome
Symptoms other than pain (including psychological symptoms, sleep disturbances, dyspnoea) in relation to estimated severity of chest pain, evaluated via postal questionnaire.patient reported

More than half of patients awaiting coronary revascularization find uncertainty and fear more disturbing than their physical chest pain symptoms.

Cite This Study

Bengtson et al. (1996) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a78dda03057cf3c2e01f955https://doi.org/10.1136/hrt.75.3.257

Topics

Women and heart disease
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