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Introduction: Chest pain
Chest pain is a serious symptom that will often move you to the front of the queue if you present at emergency with this symptom, because chest pain is the classic symptom of a heart attack. However, there are numerous causes of chest pain, ranging from less potentially fatal ones (e.g. reflux, heartburn, indigestion, GERD) to very severe dangerous and life threatening causes (e.g. heart attack, pneumonia, other lung disorders, other $heart disorders, etc.) Always seek immediate emergency medical attention for chest pain.
Symptoms of Chest pain
- Chest pain
- Pressure in the chest area
- Chest discomfort
- See also symptoms of heart attack and symptoms of angina
Home Diagnostic Testing
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Medical Textbooks Online about Chest pain
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Diagnostic Tests for Chest pain
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Wrongly Diagnosed with Chest pain?
- Misdiagnosis of Chest pain
- Failure to diagnose Chest pain
- Underlying causes of Chest pain (possibly wrongly diagnosed)
- Failure to diagnose Chest pain
Misdiagnosis and Chest pain
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Causes of Chest pain
See full list of 7 causes of Chest pain
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Treatments for Chest pain
- Treatment of the underlying cause
- Pain relief medications
- Treatment depends on the cause of chest pain
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Videos for Chest pain
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Reseach about Chest pain
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Clinical Trials for Chest pain
The US based website ClinicalTrials.gov lists information on both federally and privately supported clinical trials using human volunteers.
Some of the clinical trials listed on ClinicalTrials.gov for Chest pain include:
- Non-Cardiac Chest Pain Evaluation and Treatment Study (CARPA) Part 1: Diagnosis. - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
- Stem Cell Study for Patients With Heart Disease - This study is no longer recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
- Understanding Pediatric Chest Pain and Other Symptoms - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
- WISE ARIC: Retinal Photography in Women With Chest Pain - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
- Study of Coronary Artery Computed Tomography to Diagnose Emergency Chest Pain - This study has been completed (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
See full list of 98 Clinical Trials for Chest pain
Statistics for Chest pain
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- Prevalence and incidence statistics for Chest pain
- Death and Mortality statistics for Chest pain
- Society statistics for Chest pain
Medical Guidebooks and Ebooks for Chest pain
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Definitions of Chest pain:
Pressure, burning, or numbness in the chest. - (Source - Diseases Database)
Pain in the chest - (Source - WordNet 2.1)
- Chest pain
- What is Chest pain?
- Online Medical Textbooks for Chest pain
- Prevalence and Incidence of Chest pain
- Videos related to Chest pain
- Causes of Chest pain
- Causes in Children
- Information Guides
- Risk Factors for Chest pain
- Symptoms of Chest pain
- Diagnostic Tests for Chest pain
- Diagnosis of Chest pain
- Signs of Chest pain
- Misdiagnosis of Chest pain
- Undiagnosed Chest pain
- Misdiagnosis of Underlying Causes of Chest pain
- Misdiagnosis of Medication Causes of Chest pain
- Medical Malpractice and Chest pain
- Treatments for Chest pain
- Alternative Treatments for Chest pain
- Doctors and Medical Specialists for Chest pain
- Cure Research for Chest pain
- Deaths from Chest pain
- Statistics about Chest pain
- Statistics by Country for Chest pain
- Medical News Summaries About Chest pain
- Hospital Statistics for Chest pain
- Books about Chest pain
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- Clinical Trials for Chest pain
- External links relating to Chest pain
- FLANK PAIN (Algorithmic Diagnosis of Symptoms and Signs)
- CHEST PAIN (Algorithmic Diagnosis of Symptoms and Signs)
- Chest Pain (In a Page: Signs and Symptoms)
- Flank Pain/CVA Tenderness (In a Page: Signs and Symptoms)
- Chest Pain (In A Page: Pediatric Signs and Symptoms)
- FLANK PAIN (Differential Diagnosis in Primary Care)
- CHEST PAIN (Differential Diagnosis in Primary Care)
- Chest expansion, asymmetrical (Handbook of Signs & Symptoms (Third Edition))
- Flank pain (Handbook of Signs & Symptoms (Third Edition))
- Chest pain (Handbook of Signs & Symptoms (Third Edition))
- Chest Pain (A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis)
- Myocardial infarction (Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))
- Chest expansion, asymmetrical (Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition))
- Flank pain (Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition))
- Chest pain (Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition))
- Chest Pain, Atypical (The 10-Minute Diagnosis Manual: Symptoms and Signs in the Time-Limited Encounter)
- Chest Pain, Substernal (The 10-Minute Diagnosis Manual: Symptoms and Signs in the Time-Limited Encounter)
- Flank Pain (Field Guide to Bedside Diagnosis)
- Acute Nonpleuritic Chest Pain (Field Guide to Bedside Diagnosis)
- Pleuritic Chest Pain (Field Guide to Bedside Diagnosis)
- Myocardial infarction (Handbook of Diseases)
- Chest expansion, asymmetrical (Alarming Signs and Symptoms: Lippincott Manual of Nursing Practice Series)
- Flank pain (Alarming Signs and Symptoms: Lippincott Manual of Nursing Practice Series)
- Chest pain (Alarming Signs and Symptoms: Lippincott Manual of Nursing Practice Series)
- Chest expansion, asymmetrical (Signs & Symptoms: A 2-in-1 Reference for Nurses)
- Flank pain (Signs & Symptoms: A 2-in-1 Reference for Nurses)
- Chest pain (Signs & Symptoms: A 2-in-1 Reference for Nurses)
- Chest Pain (The Diagnostic Approach to Symptoms and Signs in Pediatrics)
- Chest expansion, asymmetrical (Nursing: Interpreting Signs and Symptoms)
- Flank pain (Nursing: Interpreting Signs and Symptoms)
- Chest pain (Nursing: Interpreting Signs and Symptoms)
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