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Last Updated: Aug 29, 2019
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Dr. Mool Chand GuptaPulmonologist • 48 Years Exp.MD - Pulmonary, DTCD
Longer chest pain equals bigger heart attack risk.

Patient with acute myocardial infarction have longer duration chest pain than those without myocardial infaction.Patient with chest pain of short duration ,lessthan 5 minutes,are unlikly to have myocardial infarction and have good prognosis at 30 days.If the clinical impression and ECG are benign then patient can be discharged from emergency department itself.