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In medicine, chest pain is a symptom of a number of serious conditions and is generally considered a medical emergency, unless the patient is a known angina pectoris sufferer and the symptoms are familiar (appearing at exertion and resolving at rest, known as "stable angina"). When the chest pain is not attributed to heart disease, it is termed non-cardiac chest pain. ...read more from Wikipedia

Fast Facts:

• --Chest pain should be evaluated by a physician right away.
• --Life-threatening causes of chest pain are as follows: heart attack, angina, aortic dissection, pulmonary embolism, perforated viscus, cocaine-induced chest pain.
• --Causes of chest pain that are not immediately life-threatening include the following: acute pericarditis, mitral valve prolapse, pneumonia, acid reflux, esophagitis, esophageal spasm, costochondritis.

5 Great Resources on Chest Pain

• Healthwise (via WebMD): Chest Pain Overview
• eMedicineHealth: Chest Pain Overview
• Cleveland Clinic: Non Cardiac Chest Pain
• UpToDate: Chest Pain
• Mayo Clinic: Chest Pain

5 Latest Headlines on Chest Pain

• More Chest Pain News from Google

What is Chest Pain?

• MedicineNet: Chest Pain Causes
• Cincinnati Children's Hospital: Chest Pain in Children
• A.D.A.M. (via MedlinePlus): Chest Pain
• CardiologyChannel: Chest Pain Overview
• MedTerms (via MedicineNet): Definition of Chest Pain

What Are The Symptoms of Chest Pain?

• Healthwise (via WebMD): Check Your Symptoms of Chest Pain
• eMedicineHealth: Chest Pain Symptoms
• My Heart Central: Chest Pain Symptoms
• Mayo Clinic: Signs and Symptoms of Chest Pain
• WrongDiagnosis: Chest Pain Symptoms

What Are the Causes and Complications of Chest Pain?

• Mayo Clinic: Causes of Chest Pain
• eMedicineHealth: Chest Pain Causes
• University of Florida: Women & Chest Pain Risk Complications
• National Guideline Clearinghouse: Causes of Chest Pain

Chest Pain Diagnostics

• A.D.A.M. (via MedlinePlus): Cardiac Catheterization for Chest Pain
• CardiologyChannel: Chest Pain Diagnostics
• Siemens: Chest Pain Perspectives: The Earliest Marker-Myoglobin
• WrongDiagnosis: Diagnostic Tests for Chest Pain
• Mayo Clinic: Diagnosis

What Are The Treatments and Medications for Chest Pain?

• Healthwise (via WebMD): Chest Pain Treaments
• eMedicineHealth: Chest Pain Treatments
• MedicineNet: Treatment Options for Chest Pain
• Mayo Clinic: Treatment for Chest Pain

What Are The Holistic and Alternative Treatments for Chest Pain?

• EarthClinic: Cure Chest Pain (Unstable Agina) with Natural Remedies
• Statesman: Hawthorne for Chest Pain
• Alive: Supplements and Herbs For A Healthy Heart

How Do You Prevent Chest Pain?

• eMedicineHealth: Prevention of Chest Pain
• Mayo Clinic: Stents, Drugs, Lifestyle Changes — What's Best?
• A.DA.M. (via MedlinePlus): Chest Pain Prevention
• YourTotalHealth: Chest Pain Prevention

Foundations and Support Groups on Chest Pain

• Society of Chest Pain Centers: Chest Pain Society
• British Heart Foundation: Chest pain - why worry?
• Medical University of South Carolina: Chest Pain Support Groups

Wisdom, Message Boards, and Blogs about Chest Pain

• HealthBoards: Acid Reflux | Heart Disorders
• iVillage: Heart Health: Recurring Chest Pain
• SparkPeople: Chest Pain Message Board
• ManageYourHeartburn: Heartburn and Chest Pain
• Topix: Chest Pain Forum
• CardiologyChannel: Chest Pain Forum

Scientific and Medical Journal Articles on Chest Pain

• American Heart Association: Chest Pain
• PubMed Central: Chest Pain
• New England Journal of Medicine: Prognostic Value of Myeloperoxidase in Patients with Chest Pain | Evaluation of the Patient with Acute Chest Pain
• Google Scholar: Chest Pain
• JAMA: Chest Pain

Clinical Trials on Chest Pain

• ClinicalTrials.gov: Chest Pain
• CenterWatch: Chest Pain Clinical Trials

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