Chest Pain Diagnosis

Tests that may be used to evaluate chest pain include:

• Blood tests
• EKG
• Chest x-rays to look for abnormalities with:

• Your heart 
• Your Aorta
• Your lungs:
  • Pneumonia
  • Collapsed lung
  • Pleural effusion (fluid around your lung
  • Tumors
• Your Esophagus 

• UrinalysisSpecial Rib X-rays
• CT scans
• Angiograms
• Ventilation perfusion scanning of the lungs
• Pulmonary angiogram
• Pulmonary function tests

Additional tests that may be used to evaluate the heart may include:

• Echocardiogram
• Exercise stress test
• Cardiac catheterization
• Coronary artery CT scanning
• MRI scan of the heart:
• Cardiac monitoring

• Chest Pain Symptoms
• Chest Pain Causes
• Chest Pain Diagnosis
• Chest Pain Treatment