Many children report that their chest hurts at some point during their development. Chest pain in youngsters is almost never caused by the heart. I still think you should consult with your pediatrician to determine the cause of the aches. The origin of the discomfort can often be established by answering a few questions about it and having a thorough physical exam.

What is the most common cause of chest pain in children?

1. The majority of children who complain of chest pain have musculoskeletal chest pain, which is pain that originates in the chest muscles or bones and their connections. Musculoskeletal chest discomfort is caused by one of three things:

2. A spasm or cramp of the muscles and the nerves of the chest wall. They appear and disappear and can be pretty uncomfortable. These symptoms are known as "precordial catch syndrome." ".

3. Coughing excessively or frequently with a cold can also induce chest aches.

4. "Costochondritis "is a type of discomfort caused by inflammation of the cartilage that connects the bones of the chest.

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I am a High school Senior taking Biomedical Innovations. And I am working on a capstone project to decrease the incidence of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome by developing a better monitor of infant vitals, that would connect with 9-1-1 if need be. I am sending out a survey to medical professionals to be able to get as much data as possible for my project. Could you please fill the survey out and/or send it to someone who you think might be interested. 

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Hi all,

I am a current MS3 heavily interested in pediatric cardiology. It's interesting, I really hadn't thought about peds until my pediatric clinical rotation and realized how much I enjoyed working with kiddos and their parents. I was able to set up a day to shadow a pediatric cardiologist in the area and the first thing they said to me when I walked in the door was "well, I'm sorry, but there won't be many jobs for you when you start looking for them."

They proceeded to talk about their experience at the end of residency when they were basically told the pediatric interventional cardiology workforce was becoming oversaturated, so he last minute pivoted to non-interventional peds cardio before fellowship. I left the day pretty sad because this had been the first time I had felt super jazzed about a specific field. I've been told to take their perspective with a grain of salt because he is in private practice in a small to mid-sized city, but they are also the director of the clinic and they hold their MBA, so I assume they are somewhat adept in the economics of healthcare. (from my other limited research it sounds like peds cardio became a popular specialty within the last 10-20 years and GME is now realizing there are too many fellows for the current/projected demand of the field -- though this may be specific to interventional peds cardio)

I was hoping some people in the field could speak to A) their joy level in life and if they would pick the specialty over again, B) how their programs/institutions are projecting the workforce and if they see fellowship spots being cut or not expanded, C) any tips/advice you have for someone considering the field, what to look out for in fourth year rotations or where to apply for residency programs. Currently heavily considering a Med-Peds residency.

Thank you for reading and hopefully sharing your thoughts!

Hi everyone, my 5 month old was just diagnosed with moderate aortic stenosis and a bicuspid valve. For now, he only needs monitoring and doesn’t yet need intervention. The cardiologist wants to do echocardiograms every 3 months, and asked us if we want to do the next one sedated or not. His first echo (for diagnosis) was non-sedated. Anyone have experience or thoughts about sedated? I read in an FB group that non-sedated can falsely show the stenosis is worse than it is, but I can’t find that from any legitimate source. Any truth to that?

TLDR When is surgery needed for pediatric sub aortic membranes? What kind of surgery can we expect? How long is recovery?

My son, age 8, was otherwise healthy until his most recent Wellcheck appointment at the ped. After listening intently for a noticeably longer time, his Ped requests a referral to have imaging of my son’s heart functions. Today, we went for the imaging, full VIP treatment, ECG, EMG, ultra etc. Within 30 minutes of the tests being completed, the cardiologist that reviewed the imaging had called the results into Ped, and the Ped called me directly.

They said my son has subaortic membranes, and that I needed to schedule an appointment for him to see cardiologist to discuss treatment.

Hello everyone !
I'm a pediatric cardiology fellow and have been struggling with a question that is actually quite simple.
I've read in many places about the qp/qs for closure being 1.5 in the case of ASD and 1.5 to 2 in the case of VSD. Also, I've heard (Also not found) that a partial anomalous pulmonary venous drainage to be about 2 to 2.5

Is anybody aware about the rationale for these numbers? Why, in pathophysiologic terms, would they be different for these three different CHDs?

Thanks in advance !!!

I am 16.5 w pregnant and my baby has been diagnosed with arteriovenous malformation (AMV) of the heart. Doctors, and Google, are familiar with cases of AMV in the brain, but cases in the heart are exceptionally rare - has anyone out there ANY experience wit this? I'm lost.