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CT angiography best for chest pain in ED, study suggests
Going straight to CT angiography when patients present at an emergency department with chest pain offers a faster, cheaper and more accurate diagnosis for some patients, a new study concludes. The... Read more...
Study: Emergency department MDs should trust 'gut instincts'
A new study looking at how emergency department physicians evaluate patients with chest pains suggests that they should trust their "gut instincts" more often, according to author Abhinav Chandra,... Read more...
New study questions benefits of $10 billion angioplasty industry
Over recent months we've seen several studies that questioned the benefit of angioplasty in many of the cases in which it is used; with the number of angioplasties performed per year having increased... Read more...
Study: Drugs may do as well as an angioplasty
In many cases, people with chronic chest pain who aren't at great risk for a heart attack may do much better with drug treatment than an angioplasty, according to a new study. Angioplasty is still... Read more...
