Among patients presenting to an emergency room with suspected acute heart attack those with severe chest pain are not more likely to have an acute heart attack or 30-day cardiovascular complications than those whose pain is less intense.
A new study published online July 26, 2011 in the Annals of Emergency Medicine has shown that one-third of heart attacks may go unrecognized by patients, so people with any severity of chest pain should get to the emergency department as quickly as possible. In diabetics, heart attacks may be totally silent.
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