No-appointment 'rapid access' chest pain clinics are increasingly being used for the identification of first cases of angina, a primary manifestation of coronary heart disease. The success of these ...

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 ...

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 ...

Don't dismiss chest discomfort, bloating, or burping as mere indigestion. Cardiologists warn these can be silent heart attack ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

Background: Little correlation exists between the burden of ischemia and severity of angina in patients with stable coronary artery disease. This placebo-controlled, n-of-1 study investigated the ...