Angina pectoris, often shortened to angina, is chest pain or discomfort caused by reduced blood flow to the heart and most ...

Chest pain can signal something serious, and it’s often an emergency. But discomfort in your chest area can also be a sign of a minor annoyance. That means that when you notice it, you may be ...

The American College of Cardiology (ACC) has released an Expert Consensus Decision Pathway (ECDP) on the evaluation and disposition of acute chest pain in the emergency department (ED). Chest pain ...

The trial was conducted in the EDs of 11 universities and 5 community hospitals between June 2007 and November 2008. Patients eligible for the trial were aged ≥ 25 years, presenting to the ED within ...

The American College of Cardiology Solution Set Oversight Committee has issued an expert consensus decision pathway for the diagnosis and acute chest pain in the ED. The new decision pathway is ...

An estimated 3 million patients visit emergency departments each year with acute chest pain and mildly elevated troponin levels. High levels of troponin, a protein, occur when the heart muscle is ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) may help improve care for patients who show up at the hospital with acute chest pain, according to a new study. Artificial intelligence (AI) may help improve care for ...

What was causing ongoing severe acute chest pain in this 65-year-old patient with no cardiovascular risk factors or prior heart problems? That was the conundrum for Stefano Savonitto, MD, and ...

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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients with cancer had a higher rate of acute MI when presenting to the ED with chest pain. More CV ...