Chest Pain News

Case Reports, we present the case of a 47-year-old male patient who presented with atypical chest pain and a history of cardiac arrhythmia and underwent cardiac CT to exclude coronary artery disease.

The best way to determine the cause of chest pain is to be seen by a doctor. Chest pain can mean a life-threatening condition.

It's not a secret that emergency departments are becoming more crowded by the day.

June 04, 2009 - Patients with heart attacks and other forms of chest pain are three to five times more likely to experience serious complications after hospital admission when they are treated in a crowded emergency department , according to a new study published in the journal Academic Emergency Medicine .

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I am newly diagnosed with single vessel coronary artery disease. I was prescribed Coreg 6.25 mg 2X daily and had to reduce that to 3.125 shortly after.

Knowing the symptoms of a possible heart attack could be a matter of life and death.

Pain or tightness in the chest, a symptom of coronary heart disease . People with diabetes are at increased risk for CHD, a condition in which the heart muscle does not get a sufficient supply of blood, oxygen, and nutrients to meet its needs because of partial or complete blockage of the coronary blood vessels.

Researchers are not entirely sure why women with chest pain are getting the same recommended care as men, but a new study suggests there are disparities.

Adena Regional Medical Center recently received full Cycle II accreditation with Percutaneous Coronary Intervention from the Society of Chest Pain Centers Accreditation Review Committee.

Women with chest pain could be less likely than men to receive recommended therapies from paramedics en route to hospital, a U.S. study suggests.

Women with chest pain are less likely than male patients to receive recommended, proven therapies while en route to the hospital, according to new research from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine.

Many physicians are presented with the following scenario: a woman comes into the office complaining of chest pain, undergoes a stress test to evaluate the chest pain, and the stress test results suggest coronary artery disease, a condition in which plaque builds up inside the coronary arteries.

From the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel ; and Autonomous University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain .

The HealthInsight rankings and other comparisons of care at hospitals use measures of standard procedures for such conditions as heart failure, heart attacks, pneumonia and prevention of surgical infections.

China Aoxing Pharmaceutical Company has received an SFDA production license for Isosorbide Mononitrate Injection, a vasodilator, for treatment of angina pectoris, myocardial infarction, chronic congestive heart failure, pulmonary hypertension and related coronary artery disease.

Giving patients a cholesterol-busting statin drug during a coronary emergency can save lives and reduce the incidence of longer-term problems, Czech researchers say.

Correspondence to Masahiro Mohri, MD, PhD, Department of Cardiology, Kyushu Kosei-Nenkin Hospital, 1-8-1 Kishinoura, Kitakyushu 806-8501, Japan.

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