Baptist Health Doctor's Corner: Tests to Diagnose Chest Pain

By: KARK 4 News

Updated: January 8, 2013

Testing for chest pain includes an EKG, a treadmill stress test, a nuclear stress test, an echocardiogram and cardiac catheterization.

The first test may provide the answer or may lead to a more invasive evaluation. The answers may
find a coronary artery stenosis, valve dysfunction or a heart rhythm problem.

Dr. Dwight Chrisman with the Baptist Health Heart Institute explains how doctors make the diagnosis.

Click here for more information about the Baptist Health Heart Institute.

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