News tagged with chest pain
Related topics: heart attack , heart disease , patients , myocardial infarction , emergency room
Study finds anxiety linked to chest pain in children
(Medical Xpress)—Psychological factors can have as much—or more—impact on pediatric chest pain as physical ones, a University of Georgia study found recently. UGA psychologists discovered pediatric patients diagnosed ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 16, 2012 |
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Diltiazem relieves capecitabine-induced chest pain
(HealthDay)—Secondary prophylaxis with diltiazem may offer cancer patients relief from capecitabine-induced chest pain and dyspnea and allow them to tolerate capecitabine treatment, according to a study ...
Cardiology
Nov 16, 2012 |
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Women, young adults misinterpret chest pain, study finds
(HealthDay)—Women with chest pain are more likely than men to wait more than a day to seek care, a new study finds.
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Nov 06, 2012 |
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Infusing 'good' cholesterol protein may lower risk of subsequent heart attack
An intravenous infusion of good cholesterol could reduce the risk of a subsequent heart attack, researchers reported at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2012.
Cardiology
Nov 05, 2012 |
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Non-emergency angioplasty costs higher in hospitals without back-up surgery
Angioplasty costs were higher in hospitals not equipped with emergency back-up heart surgery, compared to those hospitals that are, according to late-breaking clinical trial research presented at the American Heart Association's ...
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Nov 05, 2012 |
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Researchers use simple intervention to improve osteoporosis treatment rates
Older patients who visited local ERs for chest pain or breathing problems and had chest x-rays reveal unknown spinal fractures, were more apt to receive osteoporosis treatment afterward if a simple intervention was used, ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Oct 24, 2012 |
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Researchers ID potential patient population who may benefit from novel anti-platelet treatment
Prasugrel, a novel anti-platelet therapy, is used to prevent recurrent cardiovascular events in patients who have had a prior heart attack, suffer severe chest pain and have been treated with coronary artery procedures (revascularization).
Cardiology
Oct 24, 2012 |
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Saving time, saving lives: Calling for help early ensures cardiac patients get best treatment
Experts in emergency cardiac care from around the world met in Istanbul to discuss ways to improve outcomes in patients with acute cardiac disease. This was the first annual meeting of the newly launched Acute Cardiovascular ...
Cardiology
Oct 22, 2012 |
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Difficulty breathing, chest pain, and cough key symptoms for embolism
Difficulty breathing, chest pain, and cough may sound like symptoms of a heart attack; however, new research shows that these are the key symptoms for pulmonary embolism (PE), a potentially fatal blockage in the lung.
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Oct 22, 2012 |
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Unsuspected PE seldom linked to death in cancer patients
(HealthDay)—Unsuspected pulmonary embolism (UPE) is not associated with an increased risk of death in cancer patients when compared to patients without pulmonary embolism (PE), according to research published ...
Cancer
Oct 09, 2012 |
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Advanced CT scans accurately assess coronary blockages
An ultra-fast, 320-detector computed tomography (CT) scanner can accurately sort out which people with chest pain need – or don't need – an invasive procedure such as cardiac angioplasty or bypass surgery to restore blood ...
Cardiology
Aug 28, 2012 |
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Strategy appears to help rule-in, rule-out heart attack within one hour
A strategy using an algorithm that incorporates high-sensitivity cardiac troponin T (hs-cTnT) values appears to be associated with ruling-out or ruling-in myocardial infarction (heart attack) within one hour in 77 percent ...
Cardiology
Aug 13, 2012 |
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Study shows pre-hospital electrocardiography (ECG) for chest pain patients leads to faster transport
(Medical Xpress) -- A study conducted by researchers from the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine along with colleagues from Rural/Metro Ambulance San Diego and the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department, shows ...
Cardiology
Jul 27, 2012 |
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Heart CT scans may help emergency room personnel more quickly assess patients with chest pain
Adding computed tomography (CT) scans to standard screening procedures may help emergency room staff more rapidly determine which patients complaining of chest pain are having a heart attack or may soon have a heart attack, ...
Cardiology
Jul 25, 2012 |
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Updated AHA/ACCF guidelines for unstable angina include newest blood-thinning drug
Ticagrelor, a blood-thinning drug approved by the FDA in 2011, should be considered along with older blood thinners clopidogrel and prasugrel for treating patients who are experiencing chest pain or some heart attacks, according ...
Cardiology
Jul 16, 2012 |
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