Baptist Health Corbin has been named a recipient of the American College of Cardiology’s (ACC) NCDR Chest Pain – MI Registry ...

Chest pain is among the most common reasons for presentation to the emergency department, yet identifying patients at the ...

For people with stable chest pain, a personalized "precision" testing approach led to more efficient evaluations for heart disease risk and improved diagnosis and treatment of coronary artery disease ...

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 ...

A routine strategy that assesses function of all epicardial vessels at the time of diagnostic angiography in patients with new-onset chest pain doesn’t cost any more than conventional diagnostic ...

For patients with chest pain who are at low risk of acute coronary syndromes, a coronary artery calcium (CAC) score of zero rules out CAD and the need for revascularization in the vast majority of ...

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 ...

Every year, more than 12,000 Australians undergo open heart surgery—an hours-long medical procedure during which surgeons go ...

Cardiologists warn that chronic fatigue, often dismissed as stress, is a crucial early sign of heart trouble. When the heart ...

Implementation of an experimental two-hour pathway for assessing risk among chest pain patients allowed healthcare workers to safely discharge two-times the number of patients discharged under ...

Chest pain ranks as the second most common reason for emergency department (ED) visits, making it a key concern for patients and doctors. However, 80% of these cases are considered low-risk and not ...

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