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Health Encyclopedia: 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 ...
Expert & Community Posts
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Health Guide
Mitral Valve Proplase Patient Guide
...there may sometimes be a slight backward leaking of blood (regurgitation) as well, resulting in a heart murmur. MVP seems to be an inherited disorder, although the precise genes are not known.... Read more »Causes of Cardiac Enlargement
...care provider. A patient’s symptoms or family medical history, high blood pressure, characteristic heart murmur, forceful heart beat, swelling of the legs, or the sound of fluid in the lungs ... 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 »Bypass Surgery Patient Guide: Heart Bypass Information
...surgery. The hospital, the Red Cross or blood bank can provide family members and friends with necessary information about blood donation for your surgery. Bypass procedures have been performed... Read more »Heart Attack Patient Guide, Part II: Recovery
...on a patient's progress and their prior condition. (See Bypass Surgery: A Patient Guide for detailed information about bypass surgery.) Angioplasty recovery Because it is less invasive,... Read more »Images
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