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 ...

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 ...

Imagine going in for a routine pre-operative EKG in which the medical professional is simply making sure all is well before surgery. The machine indicates you’ve had a massive heart attack on the ...

Background Rapid access chest pain (RACP) clinics are designed to expedite cardiac assessment, but current pathways cause ...

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 ...

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 ...