Cardiac Center
Health Encyclopedia: Heart Attack Diagnosis And Tests
- Heart Attack Diagnosis and Tests
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- Heart Attack Symptoms
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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 ...
Expert & Community Posts
Heart Recovery: Get With the Program
By Craig Stoltz , Health Expert...a useful reminder: People recovering from serious heart events and participate in a three-year... Read more »
Avoiding endocarditis prophylaxis at your next dental appointment
By Dr. Larry Weinrauch , Health Expert...infection that centers on the inner surfaces of the heart, usually on valvular tissue. Because... Read more »
The Link Between Depression & Heart Disease
By Jerry Kennard , Health ExpertDepression is considered to increase the risk of heart disease. This has been known for some time,... Read more »
What are the Symptoms of Heart Attack in Women?
By Lisa Nelson , Health ExpertLisa Nelson RD #2: For women the signs of a heart attack are more subtle. What should women watch... Read more »
Quick Tips if You've Been Through Heart Failure
By Dr. Larry Weinrauch , Health Expert...whatever amount you were told to report. To give your heart a rest, try napping after lunch or... Read more »
Health Guide
Meet Cardiologist Dr. Steven Kang
...fellow. He spent an additional year @ Harbor-UCLA/Good Samaritan to receive specialized training in heart rhythm management. After the birth of their first child, Dr. Kang and his family moved to... Read more »Congestive Heart Failure Patient Guide
Overview Congestive heart failure (CHF) is the result of abnormal and depressed function of the heart for any reason. The most common presentations of this syndrome are the development of shortness... Read more »Heart Attack Symptoms and Warning Signs
A blockage in the heart's arteries may reduce or completely cut off the blood supply to a portion of the heart. This can cause a blood clot to form and totally stop blood flow in a coronary artery,... Read more »Heart Attack Patient Guide, Part I: Symptoms
The Heart Attack Patient Guide is a simple explanation of what a person is likely to experience when having a heart attack. The guide describes how a person is treated immediately... Read more »Congestive Heart Failure Diagnosis
Doctorscan often make a preliminary diagnosis of heart failureby medical history and careful physical examination.The medical history risks for heart failure include:HypertensionDiabetesPoor... Read more »Images
Medications
...Lowering high blood pressure helps prevent strokes, heart attacks, and kidney problems.... Read more »
...Lowering high blood pressure helps prevent strokes, heart attacks, and kidney problems.... Read more »
...Symptoms of overdose may include: unusually fast heartbeat, severe headache. Missed Dose If you... Read more »
...excessive drowsiness, coma, irregular/slowed/skipped heart beats (heart block). Missed Dose If... Read more »
...excessive drowsiness, coma, irregular/slowed/skipped heart beats (heart block). Missed Dose If... Read more »
Related News
Risk of Death Greatest 30 Days After Heart Attack
November 07, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- The moments after a heart attack are crucial to patient survival, but the life and death battle isn't over for those who live... Read summary »
Beta-Blockers and Post-Surgery Deaths
October 24, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Patients who are given beta-blockers around the time of a non-cardiac surgery could be at an increased risk of suffering a... Read summary »
Medicine's Next Big Thing: Growing Hearts
September 19, 2007ANN ARBOR, Mich. (Ivanhoe Broadcast News) -- Imagine surviving a heart attack and having laboratory-grown muscle implanted in your heart. Or try to... Read summary »
GPS for Your Heart
January 26, 2007OKLAHOMA CITY (Ivanhoe Broadcast News) -- Ryan Moore was playing baseball when he first felt his heart racing. "It felt like it was gonna' jump out... Read summary »
Heart Attack Treatment Favors Men
December 16, 2008By Kirsten Houmann, Ivanhoe Health Correspondent ORLANDO, Fla. (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Although heart attack kills an equal number of men and women... Read summary »
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