Among patients in Ontario discharged from the emergency department (ED) with chest pain, noninvasive testing was associated with a decrease in the composite outcome of cardiovascular death or MI over ...

Patients who experience chest pain and have abnormal results on a cardiac stress test but who do not have blocked arteries often experience changes in their symptoms and stress test results over time, ...

ER doctors frequently use pricey but unnecessary tests to determine whether people with chest pain are having a heart attack, a new study reveals. Results show that patients don’t do any better when ...

Patients who experience chest pain and have abnormal results on a cardiac stress test but who do not have blocked arteries often experience changes in their symptoms and stress test results over time, ...

February 12, 2010 — A coronary artery calcium score (CACS) of 0 can identify patients with chest pain who can be safely discharged from the emergency department (ED) without the need for further ...

A new noninvasive test shows potential for helping women with unexplained chest pain, according to a study published in the June 22 journal Circulation. The test points out those women whose hearts ...

Chest pain may still be angina even when coronary angiogram testing shows the main heart arteries look clear. Using stress ...

Reproducible chest pain means that a doctor or medical team can reproduce the pain under specific circumstances through pressing or touching. Doctors often use it as an early diagnostic tool when a ...

Assisted by the HEART score, emergency physicians appear to be able to safely discharge patients with chest pain after just one negative conventional troponin test result, a retrospective cohort study ...

Every day, a slew of previously healthy people experience chest pains and go to the emergency room. But a whole range of events can then follow; some of these people may be having a heart attack and ...