Funny turns and chest pain – funny turns are an unusual presentation for cardiac disease in children, much more commonly associated with simple faints, or neurological disease such as epilepsy. Sudden collapse may be due to arrhythmias, and collapse with exercise is a very worrying sign in a child with significant left ventricular outflow tract obstruction such as aortic stenosis. Most chest pain in children is due to musculoskeletal problems, especially in older children. Coronary artery abnormalities, and hence chest pain due to angina, is rare. A young infant with angina due to Kawasaki disease or Anomalous origin of the.
