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Health Encyclopedia: Heart Attack Diagnosis And Tests
- Heart Attack Diagnosis and Tests
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Diagnosis
When a patient comes to the hospital with chest pain, the following diagnostic steps are usually taken to determine any heart problems, and, if present, their severity.
- The patient will report all symptoms so that a health professional can rule out either a non-heart problem or possible other serious accompany conditions.
- An electrocardiogram (ECG) reading is taken, which records the waves made the heart. It is the key tool for determining if heart problems are causing chest pain and, if ...
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