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missed myocardial infarction among patients discharged with chest pain in the Emergency room: A need for ECG audit by JASON WINTER Posted Tue 01 Dec 2009 3:45pm Check out this SlideShare Presentation: missed myocardial infarction among patients discharged with chest pain in the Emergency room: A need for ECG audit View more presentations from guest75efe2. Read on »

Chest pain and hypotension in a patient who is 3 weeks post STEMI by Stephen Smith Posted Sat 28 Jan 2012 3:19pm A middle aged patient who was 3 weeks s/p STEMI came from cardiac rehab where he developed some chest pain, dyspnea and weakness on the treadmill. In the ED he had some continued chest pain and hypotension. Here was his ECG There are inferior and lateral Q-waves with T-wave inversion in the corresponding leads. There is minimal S ... Read on »

Chest Pain and Anxiety - How to Immediately Stop Chest Pain During Your Anxiety Attack by meital j. Posted Wed 14 Apr 2010 7:56am Unfortunately, chest pain and anxiety go hand in hand. 80% of anxiety sufferers report sharp chest pain during their anxiety attack. Are you one of them? I was. For years. What Does Chest-Pain Caused by Anxiety Feel like? Pain in the chest during anxiety is usually located over the heart and described as sharp pain. The pain usually increases Read on »

Heart Attack, Chest Pain and Heart Disease by Dave W Healthy Living Professional

Posted Fri 18 Dec 2009 3:29am is present. Similar problems are faced in diabetic patients, where the disease may remain silent for years”. Chest pains are often the first telltale signs of cardiovascular disease... Diagnosing the type of pain and usual symptoms Chest pain can be very worrying as the immediate natural concern is that it might be warning signs of an imminent heart Read on »

Not All Chest Pain Treated Equally in U.S. Hospitals: Study by HealthFinder Posted Wed 29 Sep 2010 10:00am /ethnicity and insurance status of 22,000 patients who arrived at the emergency department with chest pain, tightness and/or chest burning. Black and Hispanic patients seeking care... to focus on 100 percent guideline-driven triage management for every single patient," Lopez said. More information To understand more about chest pain, visit the U.S. National Read on »

Not All Chest Pain Treated Equally in U.S. Hospitals by Medline Plus Posted Wed 29 Sep 2010 11:00am /ethnicity and insurance status of 22,000 patients who arrived at the emergency department with chest pain, tightness and/or chest burning. Black and Hispanic patients seeking care... WEDNESDAY, Sept. 29 (HealthDay News) -- Black and Hispanic patients who seek care for chest pain in U.S. emergency departments are less likely to be classified as needing immediate Read on »

Does chest pain mean I have a heart problem? by Dave W Healthy Living Professional

Posted Mon 18 Jan 2010 5:36am Prof Lahiri’s article – Chest Pain – Cardiac or not? gets straight to the point. Are these chest pains as a result of something wrong with my heart, or worse still, do I have silent disease? There is really only one method to accurately diagnosed heart problems and that is by Dual Source Cardiac CT Scanning. Prof Lahiri explains the modern Read on »

Unexplained chest pain can be due to stress by Niell A. Patient Expert

Posted Wed 18 Feb 2009 12:06pm , Sweden, indicates several common factors among those affected, including stress at work, anxiety, depression and a sedentary lifestyle. Chest pain is a common reason for patients to seek emergency treatment. A considerable number of patients are diagnosed with unexplained chest pain, which means that the pain cannot be linked to biomedical factors Read on »

Is Chest Pain A Definite Sign for Heart Attack? by Ng Peng Hock Patient Expert

Posted Fri 30 Sep 2011 11:25am a heart attack. After examining and following for 30 days more than 3,000 patients who arrived at the UPenn hospital emergency department complaining of chest pain, the researchers found that most severe chest pain was not a good predictor for identifying patients who were having heart attack or who were more prone to having one over the next month Read on »

Chest Pain by Dr. Heather S. Medical Doctor

Posted Sun 22 May 2011 10:21am If you have new chest pain, see your doctor. That's the most important thing I'm going to write today. Plain and simple. Some people are embarrassed that they're making a big deal out of nothing. And to be honest, less than half of the new patients that I see with chest pain actually have pain due to heart disease. But, I have encountered a man Read on »