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Upper Chest Pain - Articles
Heart Attack, Chest Pain and Heart Disease
by
Dave W
Posted
Fri 18 Dec 2009 3:29am
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... diagnosis of coronary artery disease at the outset and exclude non-cardiac chest pain, since there may be serious consequences with a missed diagnosis. Also it’s vital to understand
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Does chest pain mean I have a heart problem?
by
Dave W
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
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ECG: 40 y/o Female with Chest Pain
by
Adam THOMPSON
Posted
Wed 11 Aug 2010 7:49pm
as painter outside and was painting when developed pain in her upper chest/left arm which is the same she uses to paint. Also adds that she has been moving and lifting numerous heavy objects over the past week and since then has been having these episodes of shoulder discomfort. Pain is non-radiating with moderate reproducibility with movement and inspiration. I
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40 y/o Female C/C Chest Pain
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JASON WINTER
Posted
Wed 11 Aug 2010 7:50pm
when developed pain in her upper chest/left arm which is the same she uses to paint. Also adds that she has been moving and lifting numerous heavy objects over the past week and since then has been having these episodes of shoulder discomfort. Pain is non-radiating with moderate reproducibility with movement and inspiration. I forget what severity scale
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Chest Pain
by
Dr. Anshu Gupta
Posted
Tue 02 Jun 2009 4:40pm
Some gastrointestinal disorders may present as atypical chest pain. This is chest pain not related to the heart. This usually is associated with gastroesophageal reflux (reflux of stomach acids) and esophageal spasm. In addition, chest pain can be caused when food or liquid gets stuck in the esophagus. Food may get stuck for many
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62 year old male CC: Chest pain
by
JASON WINTER
Posted
Wed 19 May 2010 1:47pm
62 year old male presents to the emergency department complaining of chest discomfort.
Past medical history is significant for dyslipidemia and ulcerative colitis. Also....
Quality: Sharp and nonpleuritic
Radiate: The pain radiates down the right arm to the bicep.
Severity: 7/10
Time: Patient states he experienced a similar pain in his right upper
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62 year old male CC: Chest pain
by
Adam THOMPSON
Posted
Wed 19 May 2010 1:46pm
62 year old male presents to the emergency department complaining of chest discomfort.
Past medical history is significant for dyslipidemia and ulcerative colitis. Also....
Quality: Sharp and nonpleuritic
Radiate: The pain radiates down the right arm to the bicep.
Severity: 7/10
Time: Patient states he experienced a similar pain in his right upper
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Is Chest Pain A Definite Sign for Heart Attack?
by
Ng Peng Hock
Posted
Fri 30 Sep 2011 11:25am
that pain that lasted more than an hour was not a useful sign of heart attack versus other conditions, and the pain of a heart attack also does not always settle in the chest area...
When someone is having a serious pain in the chest, the first thing that comes to our mind is: is he or she having a heart attack (or myocardial infarction)?
Serious pain
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Chest Pain
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Dr. Heather S.
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
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