Blood test could detect heart attack early
... chest pain is caused by other conditions, such as gallstones and severe indigestion, which can mimic heart attack pain, the researchers say. Of the estimated three to five million Americans visiting emergency rooms each year with chest pain, only about one in five of these actually have a heart attack, accordi...Sudden cardiac death: New risk factor first identified in Illinois family by SLU cardiologist
... years old while undergoing surgery for persistent gallstones in 1999. She was diagnosed with atrial fibrillation (in the upper chambers of her heart) and physicians had to subsequently "shock" her heart back into a regular rhythm. "She thought she was going to die," said her mother, Mary Hill. "She recovered...