chest pain

CHICAGO (AP) -- Good news: Sex is safe for most heart patients. If you're healthy enough to walk up two flights of stairs without chest pain or gasping for breath, you can have a love life....

(University of Edinburgh) Scots of Pakistani origin are 50 percent more likely to be admitted to hospital with chest pain and angina than those of Indian ethnicity, a study has found.Scots of Indian and Pakistani origin also have much greater levels of hospital admissions for both conditions than people of white Scottish ethnicity.

(MedPage Today) -- Chest pain without a cardiac cause can portend a rapid demise for patients with severe mental illness, according to a population-based study from Scotland.

People who have recently been hospitalized for a heart attack or the severe chest pain of angina may live longer if they take the new anticlotting pill Xarelto in addition to standard therapy, a large study shows.

Study: More hospitals can safely unclog arteries Associated Press

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- People recovering from a heart attack or severe chest pain are much less likely to suffer another heart-related problem or to die from one if they take a new blood-thinning drug along with standard anti-clotting medicines, a large study finds....

(MedPage Today) -- Severity of chest pain in patients presenting to the emergency department is not an accurate indicator of the likelihood of myocardial infarction, a secondary analysis suggested.

The woman complained of chest pain after she received silicone injections at Hampton Inn and was taken to a local hospital, where she died early Tuesday morning.

WHEELING, W.Va. (MedPage Today) -- Emergency room patients seeking treatment for chest pain were more likely to suffer adverse cardiovascular outcomes when the facilities were crowded, researchers said.

WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) -- Bedside assessment of four variables accurately risk-stratified patients evaluated in an emergency department for suspected cardiac chest pain with a nondiagnostic ECG, investigators reported here.