When Ashley Perlow felt a sharp pain shoot across her chest and into both wrists, she didn’t think it could be a heart attack. She was 36, a new mom, and otherwise healthy. At the hospital, blood tests showed signs of a heart attack, but her arteries appeared normal. Now, new research led by clinicians and researchers at NYU Grossman School of Medicine shows that in cases like hers, using two complementary heart imaging tests can identify the underlying cause of these heart attacks in most patients without coronary artery narrowing, helping guide diagnosis and medical treatment in a condition that often leaves patients without clear answers.
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