Interdisciplinary Treatment of Morbidity in Benign Chest Pain

This study tested the hypothesis that functional morbidity in benign chest pain can be modified independently of symptoms through interdisciplinary medical and cognitive-behavioral intervention. Analyses used data collected in a sixteen-week trial of interdisciplinary treatment for disability in benign chest pain. One hundred four chest pain patients having normal coronary arteriograms (NCA) (n = 14) or mitral valve prolapse (MVP) with no other …