Incorporating high-sensitivity cardiac troponin (hs-cTn) testing into the traditional HEART pathway may improve detection of acute MI in patients presenting to the emergency department (ED) with chest ...

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 ...

Young women with chest pain who present to the emergency department (ED) are seen less quickly and are less likely to be admitted to hospital than men who present with similar symptoms, according to ...

Achalasia is a disease caused by impaired movement of the esophagus. Patients experience food getting stuck and regurgitated, as well as chest pain. Currently, upper gastrointestinal endoscopy and ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The inaugural chest pain guideline, from the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association, ...

A new study following 250 British people experiencing angina-like chest pain found that half were given the all-clear when they actually had microvascular angina. Published in the Nature Medicine ...

Young women experiencing heart attacks are significantly more likely to be discharged without treatment than men highlighting ...

Chest pain represents one of the most alarming symptoms a person can experience. The immediate fear—”Am I having a heart attack?”—creates tremendous anxiety, and rightfully so. Heart attacks claim ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . For the first time, the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Joint Committee on Clinical ...