Cocaine Use Effects: Chest Pain May Result from Cocaine Use in Young Healthy Patients. Cocaine use can sometimes be the hidden culprit when young or otherwise healthy patients complain to doctors of chest pain, according to a new scientific statement released Monday by the American Heart Association (AHA).
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Some Imperfect Hearts OK for Transplant
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Some Imperfect Hearts OK for Transplant. A heart needn’t be perfect to be used in a transplant, a new study shows.
Five-year results for people given hearts with mild-to-moderate left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) — a thickening of the heart’s main pumping chamber — were as good as for those who got hearts with no problems, cardiologists [...]
Women More Likely to Suffer From Stable Angina Heart Disease. Chest Pain More Common in Women. Men might have more heart attacks, but women are more likely to suffer chest pain as a potential first sign of heart disease.
A new international study shows women are 20% more likely than men to suffer from chest pain, [...]