The symptoms of a heart attack in women are quite different. Let us tell you which symptoms you may ignore, which can later ...

Pain is always disconcerting regardless of where it occurs, but it can be especially worrisome if it emanates from the left side of the body, where vital organs like the heart are located. The good ...

Just as many women are unaware of some of the vague signs of a heart attack, the same knowledge gap exists for some medical ...

We see in movies that people place their left hand on their chest during a heart attack, but do you know why this happens?

Women’s chest pain can be a commonly misunderstood and misdiagnosed condition, but Northwell Health’s newest program is seeking to address this issue. “It treats a condition, or set of conditions, I ...

The country musician shares how she manages her heart condition—and the prevention steps everyone should keep in mind.

Most patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) and chronic stable angina will obtain complete relief of symptoms with percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). However, some chronic angina patients ...

A 58-year-old woman has a prolonged episode of chest discomfort that resolves by the time she is seen in the emergency department. She is admitted to the hospital. Several hours after admission, her ...

Six and a half million people cannot be wrong, or could they? Millions of people each year go to the emergency room with chest pain, believing they are experiencing a heart attack, but are not. Fifty ...

The Lehigh Valley Hospital-Schuylkill Chest Pain Center has been recertified by the American College of Cardiology, the ...

Keith Diaz receives funding from the National Institutes of Health. For patients hospitalized with chest pain, the amount of time they spend sedentary afterward is linked to a greater risk for more ...