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 ...

Chest pain and palpitations have become two of the most frequent causes of people rushing to a hospital or typing their symptoms into the search engine. One only needs to feel a sudden chest squeeze, ...

A doctor at a medical centre breached the Code of Health & Disability Services Consumer’s Rights (the Code) for not ordering an ECG and blood test for a woman with chest pain. The woman, in her ...

Suffering from chest pain? Do not take it lightly for indigestion or gas pain. Better get an electrocardiogram (ECG) and blood test done to rule out the worst and avoid hospitalisation. According to a ...

In recent years the medical community has grown increasingly concerned that women with heart attacks may be less likely to receive prompt and effective treatment. The difference between the sexes in ...

A survey of 507 U.S. women found that most were amenable to using wearable electrocardiogram (ECG) technology throughout their pregnancy to monitor maternal and fetal health, according to a UW ...

For those up to age 55 who go to hospital emergency departments with chest pain in the United States, women are less likely than men to be triaged as urgent, receive an electrocardiogram (ECG), or be ...

Among younger adults visiting the emergency department for chest pain, women may be getting the short end of the stick. Compared with men of similar age, women were triaged less urgently, waited ...