"If I wasn’t treated sooner, I could have suffered a heart attack and died that day," Sammy Ouatts told Newsweek.
Risk stratification of patients with chest pain has traditionally focused on identifying obstructive coronary artery disease (CAD). Using this traditional approach, many symptomatic individuals are ...
Coronary artery disease (CAD) is the most prevalent form of heart disease, affecting approximately 18 million adults in the ...
Chest pain may still be angina even when coronary angiogram testing shows the main heart arteries look clear. Using stress ...
Chest discomfort caused by trapped gas can be concerning, but it is not always a sign of a heart attack. Here are 5 home ...
Chest pain ranks as the second most common reason for emergency department (ED) visits, making it a key concern for patients and doctors. However, 80% of these cases are considered low-risk and not ...
Quantifying blood flow instead of relying on angiography alone led to a change in diagnosis for 53% of patients.
Stress CMR significantly enhances diagnostic accuracy for chest pain without obstructive coronary artery disease, identifying ...
"Following standard angiography, microvascular angina was commonly misdiagnosed as noncardiac chest pain," he added. "Endotyping-informed therapy in the MRI-guided intervention group led to ...
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 ...
But in a new study of more than 60,000 men, taking this medication along with nitrates, a common drug for chest pain, increased risks of negative health outcomes such as heart failure and early death, ...
Researchers discovered 51% of people were given the ‘all-clear' when they actually had an issue with the blood flow in their ...