About your heart

• Symptoms

  • Chest pain
  • Breathlessness
  • Dizziness
  • Blackouts
  • Palpitations

• Investigations

  • 24hr blood pressure monitor
  • 24hr Holter monitor
  • Electrocardiogram (ECG)
  • Cardiac MR
  • Chest X-ray
  • Coronary angiogram
  • Coronary CT
  • Dobutamine stress Echo
  • Event ECG recorder
  • Exercise stress Echo
  • Exercise tolerance test
  • Myocardial isotope perfusion
  • Transthoracic Echo

• Conditions

  • Angina
  • Atrial ectopic beats
  • Atrial fibrillation
  • Bundle branch block
  • Coronary artery disease
  • Heart arrhythmia
  • Heart attack
  • Heart failure
  • Heart block
  • Mitral valve disease
  • Aortic valve disease
  • Atrial flutter

• Treatments

  • Bypass surgery
  • Coronary angioplasty
  • Pacemaker

• Risk factors

  • Diabetes
  • Family history
  • High blood pressure
  • High cholesterol
  • Smoking

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Chest pain is caused by a numer of conditions. It may arise from the muscles, lungs, oesophagus (food pipe) and the heart. Chest pain that persists and is clealy not muscular should be investigated. Severe chest pain is a medical emergency.