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Feb 2024
23m 36s

Chest Pain: What’s the Best Test?

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Host: Darryl S. Chutka, M.D. [@chutkaMD] Guest: Katie A. Young, MD We now have a variety of tests to assess patients who present with chest pain. These tests include such basic assessment tools such as a resting ECG to the most invasive of cardiac tests, a coronary angiogram. But there are multiple tests in between these two extremes. Each have their specifi ... Show More
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