Over the period July 1999 to June 2002, 20,881 patients were admitted to the hospital with ACSs, of whom 1,763 (8.4%) presented with atypical symptoms. The dominant presenting symptoms in these ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The inaugural chest pain guideline, from the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . One of the key messages is that chest pain may encompass more than simply pain in the chest. Notably, pain, ...

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 ...

There is no difference in the long-term risk of major adverse cardiovascular events between patients whose stable chest pain is initially evaluated with CT angiography compared with those sent for ...

Women’s heart attacks often go unnoticed due to atypical symptoms that differ from classic chest pain. Signs like shortness of breath, nausea, fatigue, jaw or back pain, and dizziness can be mistaken ...

It can happen anywhere—at a sunny café sipping your favorite drink, on your morning walk, winding down from a long day at work, or enjoying a night out with friends. Out of the blue, you notice ...

Although presentations with ACSs share common underlying pathophysiologic mechanisms, they offer a challenge from the standpoint of diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis because the clinical ...