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Post-stent chest pain, revisited

Heart Sisters

Heart patients with persistent or recurrent post-stent chest pain present “an unmet clinical need”, according to the European Journal of Cardiology.

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Risk Prediction, CT Angiography, and CV Events in Chest Pain

American College of Cardiology

What is the prognostic effect of coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) versus usual care in patients with stable chest pain?

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New hourglass-shaped stent offers relief for microvascular chest pain

Medical Xpress - Cardiology

A study at Mayo Clinic suggests that an hourglass-shaped stent could improve blood flow and ease severe and reoccurring chest pain in people with microvascular disease. Of 30 participants in a phase 2 clinical trial, 76% saw improvement in their day-to-day life.

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ECG Cases 49 – ECG and POCUS for Dyspnea and Chest Pain

ECG Cases

In this ECG Cases blog, Jesse McLaren and Rajiv Thavanathan explore how ECG and POCUS complement each other for patients presenting to the emergency department with shortness of breath or chest pain. The post ECG Cases 49 – ECG and POCUS for Dyspnea and Chest Pain appeared first on Emergency Medicine Cases.

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ECG Blog #448 — A Young Man with Chest Pain.

Ken Grauer, MD

For example, considering whatever symptoms that the patient may have had ( ie, chest pain, palpitations, shortness of breath, etc. ) — what this might mean in view of the ECG we are looking at. STEP #2 = Clinical Impression — in which we correlate our assessment that we made in Step #1 to the clinical situation at hand.

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Abstract 4136277: The Lay Public Misconceives Characteristics of Acute Coronary Syndrome-Related Chest Pain

Circulation

Introduction:The most common acute coronary syndrome (ACS) symptom is chest pain. Chest pain is an umbrella term more precisely described using words like pressure or tightness. Previous studies have not explored the lay public’s conceptions of ACS-related chest pain. were recruited in May and June 2023.

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A 30-something with acute chest pain

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

I assumed it was a patient with acute chest pain. It was a man in his 30s with chest pain. This was sent to me from Sam Ghali ( @EM_Resus ) with no other information. What do you think, Steve? Real or just fake?" What do YOU think? It has some inferior ST elevation with some reciprocal ST depression and inverted T in aVL.