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What Should I Do When I Am Having 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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Chest Pain
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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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The Cure for Chest Pain
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Vanessa R.
Posted
Sat 27 Mar 2010 3:15pm
What do you do with a friend who’s having chest pain, whether physically or emotionally? Why bake them a giant anatomical heart cookie of course! That’s exactly what Kate deRosset did for a friend with chest pain as “comfort food” and it’s such a thoughtful idea.
Sweet heart!
[submitted by Mikaela Chase]
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Unexplained chest pain can be due to stress
by
Niell A.
Posted
Wed 18 Feb 2009 12:06pm
Posted by Neill Abayon
Each year, many people seek emergency treatment for unexplained chest pains. A thesis from the Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, 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
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Women with Chest Pain Not Treated the Same as Men by EMS
by
Heartstrong
Posted
Fri 05 Jun 2009 4:17pm
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as aggressively as a man. This may be because women do not always have chest pain – the cardinal sign of a heart attack.
A recent study presented at the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine conference (May 2009) found that even women with chest pain do not receive the same treatment as men from ambulance personnel. Over 680 patients with chest pain transported
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Origin and location of chest pain in acute pulmonary embolism
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Dr. Sangareddi V.
Posted
Wed 21 Oct 2009 10:02pm
vaguely the site of pain but what is universal is severe resting pain deep within the chest . If the ischemic lung segment transmit pain signals , the location and radiation...
Pulmonary embolism is one of the important causes of acute chest pain . It can mimic acute coronary syndrome . In fact along with aortic dissection , it forms
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