The clinical utility of stress CMR in stable chest pain is still debated. Researchers analyzed 64 diagnostic and prognostic studies pooling 74,470 patients with chest pain, with mean follow up of ...

Ruigomez A et al (2006) Chest pain in general practice: incidence, comorbidity and mortality. Family Practice; 23: 2, 167-174. Steadman P (2010) Knowing when chest pain is an emergency. Independent ...

Finally, nurses must not only assess the nature and intensity of chest pain symptoms but also report and document all relevant details. They are accountable for their actions and could therefore face ...

This guideline covers assessing and diagnosing recent chest pain in people aged 18 and over and managing symptoms while a diagnosis is being made. It aims to improve outcomes by providing advice on ...

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 ...

Washington, DC—Providing higher sensitivity and positive predictive value, coronary computed tomographic angiography (CTA) also provides rapid discharge at less expense than exercise treadmill testing ...

This Review considers the optimal approach to assessing the common medical problem of noncardiac chest pain, for which the appropriate application of investigations is controversial. In addition ...

New UK recommendations for the assessment of chest pain are prioritizing the use of CT angiography in cases where a diagnosis of stable angina cannot be excluded on the basis of a clinical assessment ...

BEDFORD PARK, AUSTRALIA — Use of high-sensitivity troponin T (hs-TnT) assays, compared with standard TnT assays, may result in only modest improvement in evaluating emergency-department patients ...

Coronary CT angiography (CCTA) -- a non-invasive way to look inside arteries that supply blood to the heart -- can quickly and reliably determine which patients complaining of chest pain at an ...

Study suggests chest pain risk assessment may reduce treatment disparities Washington [US] | By Asian News International | Posted by Jahnavi Gupta Updated on: Dec 24, 2020 05:40 PM IST ...