North Oaks Medical Center has earned national accreditation as a Chest Pain Center with Primary PCI from the American College ...

Despite many years of experience taking care of heart patients, this physician went into denial when he first felt it while working out. Kurt Strazdins During medical school, I learned the ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A system of stand-alone chest pain units was established in a low-income, densely populated area. Patients ...

Adults 18 to 55 years old who come to the emergency room with chest pain may wait longer and get less thorough workups when they’re female or Black, a new study suggests. Every second counts when ...

The American College of Cardiology has recognized more than 400 U.S. hospitals for their quality and consistency in meeting care guidelines for patients with acute myocardial infarction. To be ...

Des Plaines, IL - The Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM) is pleased to announce the release of the first publication in a series of Guidelines for Reasonable and Appropriate Care in the ...

For those up to age 55 who go to hospital emergency departments with chest pain in the United States, women are less likely than men to be triaged as urgent, receive an electrocardiogram (ECG), or be ...

The American College of Cardiology has recognized Longview Regional Medical Center for its demonstrated expertise and commitment in treating patients with chest pain. The hospital was awarded Chest ...

When we experience chest pain, the first question that often leaps to mind is Am I having a heart attack? The good news: Many different conditions can cause minor chest pain that aren't cause for ...

Women (ages 18 to 55) waited longer to be evaluated for chest pain in the emergency room (ER) and received a less thorough evaluation for a possible heart attack than men in the same age range.

During medical school, I learned the characteristic triad that makes up the most common presentation of coronary artery disease: exercise-induced chest pain that is felt under the breastbone and ...