Sentences with phrase «people for chest pain»

«This study has broader implications for the health care system, as most hospitals continue to redundantly test people for chest pain and other symptoms,» says report author Jeffrey C. Trost, M.D., an assistant professor of medicine, director of the cardiac catheterization laboratory and co-director of interventional cardiology at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center.

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Chest pain is the most common reason people go to the emergency room in developed countries and accounts for more than 5 million ER visits each year in the United States.

«Many people in emergency department for chest pain don't need admitted.»

We tend to admit a lot of people with chest pain out of concern for missing a heart attack or some other life - ending irregularity,» Weinstock said.

«We were looking at the optimum way to evaluate people with chest pain and focusing on those patients who are generally older, have many risk factors for coronary disease or may have had prior health problems, basically the intermediate to higher risk population,» Miller said.

During the study, a total of 369 people had heart attacks (some of them fatal) or were diagnosed with heart disease after seeking medical attention for chest pain.

As a rule, it's best reserved for people who have heart disease risk factors or symptoms such as chest pain, shortness of breath or an irregular heartbeat.

Some people may feel their heart rate rise and notice a pain in their chest, which is sometimes mistaken for a heart attack.

For example, people prone to worry might be more likely to notice or report chest pain in general.

However, Parikh said it hasn't been proven that beta blockers are beneficial for people who've received angioplasty to relieve chest pain symptoms, or angina.

For example, if the patient comes in complaining of chest pain, it might be the standard of care that the doctor should run enzymes to see if the person had any heart enzymes in their bloodwork.

According to Jesse Slome, executive director of the American Association for Critical Illness Insurance, people with ischemic heart disease have reduced blood flow to the heart, which can cause angina, chest pain and heart attack.

For example, a person suffering with pneumococcal pneumonia may have chest pain, cough, purulent sputum, and fever.