Pain radiation provides another important clue, as cardiac chest pain frequently spreads to other areas—particularly the left arm, but also the right arm, neck, jaw, shoulders, or upper back.

The inaugural chest pain guideline, from the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association, redefines how physicians discuss chest pain with patients and provides a detailed clinical ...

She stressed, however, that the HEART Pathway is a “decision support tool, not a strict protocol,” advocating for a common-sense approach. “Patients presenting at the ED with chest pain should be ...

New research uncovers an immune pathway driving acute chest syndrome in sickle cell disease; blocking it with approved drugs ...

HEART Pathway as Safe as Usual Care for Chest Pain in the Emergency Department. By Caitlin E. Cox April 25, 2017. News Daily News. High-Sensitivity Troponin Assays May Stratify Risk in Chronic CAD. By ...

One arm is more likely that the other to hurt during a heart attack. It's the arm that shares nerves that branch from the ...

A relatively new accelerated diagnostic protocol is effective in identifying emergency department patients with acute chest pain who can be safely sent home without being hospitalized or ...

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.“Over the last 40 years ...

The app, HEART Pathway, has been tested in a clinical trail published in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes.The trial found chest pain patients who were evaluated with the app had 12 ...

Though it's typically noticed on the left side, heart attack pain can be difficult to localize, or the pain can radiate to the other side of the chest. Pain pathways vary widely from person to ...

At six months he was free of chest pain. Complete relief, except for a residual sensation of constriction in the throat, was obtained in 9, or more than half the cases.