Wellness Check: Mental Health
Internet Based Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Reduces Cardiac Anxiety And Frequency Of Chest Pains In Individuals With Non-Cardiac Chest Pains Internet-delivered ...
Tag: chest pain
Antidepressants are effective in patients with comorbid depression and medical diseases
1. This umbrella systematic review and meta-analysis found that depression rating scale scores were significantly improved across medical diseases in ...
The Scan by 2 Minute Medicine®: The Genetics of Alzheimer’s Disease, the Silent Killer, a Holiday Blizzard and an HIV Vaccine on the Horizon
The Scan by 2 Minute Medicine® is a pop-culture medical newsletter and exclusive benefit for 2 Minute Medicine Plus subscribers. ...
#VisualAbstract: CT associated with lower complication risks than invasive coronary angiography
1. In patients with stable chest pain and intermediate pretest probability of coronary artery disease (CAD), there was no difference ...
Coronary CT angiography superior to functional stress testing among diabetic patients
1. In this randomized trial, diabetic patients with stable chest pain randomized to coronary computed tomographic angiography (CTA) had lower ...
Cardiovascular testing after emergency department presentation may not reduce risk of myocardial infarction
1. Based on this retrospective cohort study, noninvasive testing done within 30 days of patient presentation with chest pain at ...
Using HEART score to risk stratify patients with chest pain is safe but underutilized in the ED
1. The findings of this cluster randomized trial suggest that it is safe to use the HEART score during initial ...
Noninvasive testing for chest pain may lead to increased invasive testing
1. Based on insurance claims data from emergency departments visits for chest pain, patients who did not undergo any testing ...
Chest pain may be better than EKG, echo for predicting coronary artery disease prognosis
1. Among patients with stable coronary artery disease in the outpatient setting, the presence of chest pain, known as angina, ...
Younger women more likely than men to present with acute coronary syndrome without chest pain
Image: PD 1. Over 80% of younger patients (<55 years old) with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) reported chest pain, which ...
License Our Award-Winning Physician-Written Medical News and Visual Abstracts
2 Minute Medicine is the leading authoritative medical news licensing service, and the only with reports written by practicing doctors.
