Chest Pain

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Diagnosis

Initial Evaluation of Chest Pain

Physicians and emergency room technicians do several things to determine the probable cause of a patient's chest pains, including the following:



An evaluation of the patient's description of his or her pain.

What does the pain feel like?—As discussed above, the characteristics of the chest pains often are helpful in determining a possible cause. Typically, the physician will ask the patient to describe his or her chest pains, wit...Read the full article