WASHINGTON, DC — A large, single-center, retrospective study of patients who presented to the emergency department with acute chest pain and low- to intermediate-risk of acute coronary syndrome (ACS) ...

Stress cardiac magnetic resonance imaging use on acute chest pain patients in the emergency department’s observation unit helps to reduce adverse outcomes, according to a study in JACC: Cardiocascular ...

The trial was conducted in the EDs of 11 universities and 5 community hospitals between June 2007 and November 2008. Patients eligible for the trial were aged ≥ 25 years, presenting to the ED within ...

Chest pain can signal something serious, and it’s often an emergency. But discomfort in your chest area can also be a sign of a minor annoyance. That means that when you notice it, you may be ...

With increased use of coronary CT angiography (CCTA) for the evaluation of acute chest pain in the emergency department, the Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT) last week published ...

Clinical evaluation alone is sufficient for determining whether patients presenting to the emergency department (ED) with chest pain, negative biomarkers, and a nonischemic ECG are having an acute ...

The American College of Cardiology Solution Set Oversight Committee has issued an expert consensus decision pathway for the diagnosis and acute chest pain in the ED. The new decision pathway is ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Time from chest pain onset to ED presentation did not differ between patients who had a prior acute MI and those ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) may help improve care for patients who show up at the hospital with acute chest pain, according to a new study. Artificial intelligence (AI) may help improve care for ...

When a patient presents with chest pain, follow this doctor’s guidelines to quickly reach an accurate diagnosis and initiate life-saving treatment. For some time, cardiologists have called MIs and ...

What was causing ongoing severe acute chest pain in this 65-year-old patient with no cardiovascular risk factors or prior heart problems? That was the conundrum for Stefano Savonitto, MD, and ...

In a new publication from Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications, Wen-Yuan Ding, Jia-Min Li, Fei Zheng, Li-Li Wang, Xin-Yi Wei and Guo-Hua Li from Shandong Provincial Qianfoshan Hospital, Ji'nan, ...