In patients with chest pain presenting to the emergency department (ED), further cardiac testing within 30 days is associated with an increase in invasive coronary angiography and revascularization ...

The vast majority of patients who present to an emergency department (ED) with chest pain in the absence of MI should not undergo immediate further testing given their low risk of future MI, according ...

September 26, 2012 (Chicago, Illinois) — A provocative opinion piece published online September 17, 2012 in the Archives of Internal Medicine calls for a randomized trial comparing the current routine ...

July 14, 2011 — Standardized Clinical Assessment and Management Plans (SCAMP) for pediatric chest pain may facilitate targeted, cost-effective workup and management, according to the results of a ...

Patients who go to the emergency room (ER) with chest pain often receive unnecessary tests to evaluate whether they are having a heart attack, a practice that provides no clinical benefit and adds ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Robert Glatter is a New York-based physician covering public health. A new highly sensitive blood test can safely rule out heart ...

A new blood test developed by Abbott Laboratories in Chicago could help emergency room doctors determine more quickly whether someone suffering from chest pains is having a heart attack, a new study ...

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 ...

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Chest X-rays "could provide a rapid, cost-effective diagnosis of COVID-19," a team of radiologists at Louisiana State University Health New Orleans found, Science Daily reports. When cases were ...

People who come to the emergency department complaining of chest pain often get a test that isn't helping them very much, according to a new study. Most of the time, the study found, people had a ...

The chest radiography (X-ray) test, which has been a basic component of the National Health Screening for citizens aged 20 ...