my 13 year old is very healthy but recently he has been complainnig of chest pain, pressure in his chest, hard time breathing, and numbness of the left arm and hand he had an ekg done and the results were abnormal we still have to see a cardiologist but what can this be or mean?
Hello! Thank you for asking on Chat Doctor ! I would like to directly review his ECG, if you can upload it for a more professional opinion. At his age, coronary artery disease would be really exceptional. Anyway, every ECG finding should be evaluated in correlation with the clinical symptoms and cardiac enzyme levels. I would also recommend performing a cardiac ultrasound and an exercise cardiac stress test, especially in case of abnormal cardiac enzymes. A chest X-ray study coupled with pulmonary function tests is also necessary to exclude a possible lung disorder. Hope you will find this answer helpful! Wishing all the best,