PEDIATRICS Vol. 99 No. 1 January 1997, pp. 1-3
Are Chest Radiographs and Electrocardiograms Still Valuable in Evaluating New Pediatric Patients With Heart Murmurs or Chest Pain?
Received Jul 6, 1995; accepted Mar 1, 1996.
From the Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Objectives. To determine the usefulness of electrocardiography (ECG) and chest radiography (CXR) in evaluation of patients referred to the pediatric cardiologist for the evaluation of heart murmur or chest pain.
Design. In this prospective study, 106 consecutive outpatients were categorized with no heart disease, possible heart disease, or definite heart disease based on history and physical examination; they then underwent ECG and CXR. Studies were reviewed and the examining cardiologist could change the diagnosis and order an echocardiogram.
Setting. Academic pediatric cardiology practice.
Results. In patients thought to have no heart disease, the diagnosis was changed to definite heart disease in four solely on the basis of abnormal CXR or ECG. In 25 patients thought to have possible heart disease, the diagnosis was changed to no heart disease (7) or definite heart disease (5) after review of the CXR and ECG. All 25 patients diagnosed with definite heart disease had this confirmed by abnormal CXR (2), ECG (3), both abnormal CXR and ECG, or echocardiogram (18).
Conclusions. ECG and CXR helped diagnose heart disease in four patients thought to have no heart disease, helped to rule out lesions in seven patients with possible heart disease, helped diagnose heart disease in five patients thought to have possible heart disease, and helped confirm heart disease in nine patients. In these days of cost containment, routine ECG and CXR continue to be valuable tools for the pediatric cardiologist in evaluation of patients with heart murmurs or chest pain.
Key words: heart murmur, chest pain, ECG, CXR.
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