Chest Pain Emergency Evaluation Center

Patients who arrive at Loyola University Medical Center's Emergency Department with chest pain are brought immediately to an emergency room bed. An electrocardiogram (EKG) and blood work (to check for special blood enzyme levels that occur with a heart attack) are taken, and the patient is immediately evaluated by a physician.

If the patient is having a heart attack, he or she is transported immediately to one of our on-site state-of-the-art cardiac catheterization labs for immediate diagnosis and treatment.

Patients who are not having a heart attack may be admitted for further observation and evaluation.