Prevalence of maxillofacial pain with cardiac origin in patients referring to Emam Ali Hospital, Kermanshah city, Iran
Journal Title: Scholars Journal of Applied Medical Sciences - Year 2016, Vol 4, Issue 9
Abstract
The pain of cardiac origin can irradiate to a lot of sites in the body that maxillofacial is a rare site. This study evaluated the prevalence of maxillofacial pain with cardiac origin in patients referring to University Hospital, Kermanshah, Iran. In autumn 2012, twenty hundred and fifteen patients with ischemic heart disease and angina pectoris referred to University Hospital, Kermanshah, Iran. Age, sex and pain site were checked in all patients. The mean age of men and women were 60.7 and 63.9 years, respectively, that 192 patients had ischemic heart disease and 23 patients had angina pectoris. One patient had maxillofacial and chest pains that this patient was 67-year woman and had bilateral pain. This study showed that the low percentage of cardiac patients have maxillofacial pain, but because the probability of death and lack of opportunity for treatment of the patient, dentists should pay attention to this problem in the referred patients to the Clinic for cardiological evaluation. Keywords: Pain, Maxillofacial, Cardiac disease, Bilateral.
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Roohollah Sharifi, Hamid Reza Mozaffari, Masoud Sadeghi
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