Is Cardiac Echo Test Done For Chest Pain?
Health Encyclopedia: Coronary Heart Disease
Coronary artery disease; Arteriosclerotic heart disease; CHD; CAD
Symptoms
The symptoms associated with coronary heart disease may be pronounced, but the disease can also exist without noticeable symptoms.
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Chest pain may be typical or atypical.
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Expert & Community Posts
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Coronary Angioplasty, Stents, and Other Relics of the Paleolithic Age
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Health Guide
Angina: stable
...measurement Exercise tolerance test (stress test or treadmill test) --may show ECG changes Stress echocardiogram -- may reveal problems withthe heart's ability to pump blood ... Read more »Pulmonary valve stenosis
...diagnosis of pulmonary stenosis may include: Chest x-ray ECG Echocardiogram Cardiac catheterization Read more »Primary pulmonary hypertension
...fluid retention in the tissues. Tests may include: ECG Chest x-ray Echocardiogram Pulmonary function tests Nuclear lung scan CT scan of the... Read more »Rheumatoid lung disease
...rheumatoid lung disease: Chest x-ray CT scan of the chest Echocardiogram (may show pulmonary hypertension) Needle inserted into the fluid... Read more »Heart attack
...Alternative Names Myocardial infarction; MI; Acute MI Symptoms Chest pain behind the sternum (breastbone) is a major symptom of heart attack, but in many... Read more »Images
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