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Article: NEW BLOOD TESTS CAN DETECT AND PREDICT HEART ATTACKS THE MPO TEST CAN INDICATE CARDIAC ISSUES IN COMING MONTHS; THE BNP HELPS DETERMINE RISK.(FRONT)
- Article from:
- The Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI)
- Article date:
- July 13, 2006
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Byline: TRACY WHEELER Akron (Ohio) Beacon Journal
AKRON, OHIO -- The pain was "unnatural," unlike anything she had felt before. It spread across her back, from one shoulder to the other, then evaporated after several intense minutes.
Over a span of about four days, the pain returned three more times until Helen Chevraux decided it was time to visit the emergency room at Mercy Medical Center in Canton, Ohio. This time, the pain radiated from shoulder to shoulder, across her back and across her chest.
Still, an EKG (electrocardiogram) showed no unusual heart activity.
So a heart attack didn't seem to be the likely cause of her pain -- ...