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Rapid Access Chest Pain Clinic

The Rapid Access Chest Pain Clinic provides a quick and early cardiology assessment for patients with chest pain who:

  • are not having an active cardiac condition
  • have no known ischemic heart disease and worsening symptoms, and
  • need urgent assessment

This clinic is specially designed to follow up with patients who have been seen in the Emergency Department for chest pain to rule out a myocardial infarction (MI), commonly known as a heart attack. Patients must be seen at the clinic within 48 hours of their ER visit. The clinic is Monday through Thursday from 8 to 8:30 a.m. at the Marshall Cardiology office in Huntington. We are currently unable to accommodate patients at Rapid Access Clinic referred by an urgent care center or primary Care physician.

Patients with suspected heart attack or acute coronary syndromes should call 911 or go directly to the nearest emergency department. This clinic is only for patients for whom MI has been ruled out.

The Rapid Access Chest Pain Clinic quickly evaluates chest pain to determine if it's heart-related. This one-stop clinic, led by doctors and advanced practitioners, provides fast access to tests, diagnosis and treatment if needed—or reassurance if no heart disease is found. It also connects patients to medications, procedures, lifestyle guidance and rehabilitation services.

On the day of your appointment

  • Patients should arrive at 8 a.m.--no earlier than 7:45 a.m. and no later than 8:30 a.m.
  • Please bring your insurance information and the discharge papers from the emergency department. Please bring a current list of medicines and supplements that you are taking.
  • When you sign in, you will be given a medical history form, please fill it out completely.
  • If appropriate, you may need to have one or more of the following tests or be given an appointment for them. **Most testing requires preauthorization from insurance companies, so it is likely that your test will not occur the same day. Our staff will work directly with your insurance to complete the preauthorization process.**  
    • Blood tests or X-rays
    • An exercise ECG test which involves walking on a treadmill at increasing speed while your pulse, blood pressure and heart trace are monitored by a cardiac technician. This will be scheduled for within the next week. For that appointment, please wear loose clothing, with an easily removable top and trainers or flat shoes--no high heels or sling-back shoes.
    • CT calcium scoring (a very short CT scan x-ray)
    • CT coronary angiogram (an outpatient X- ray of the arteries of the heart)
    • Echocardiogram (an ultrasound of the heart)
    • Stress echocardiogram (a specialized heart ultrasound during exercise )
    • Myocardial perfusion scan ( a special heart muscle X ray – out patient test)
    • Heart monitor (a heart rhythm recording you take a small recording box home)
    • Coronary angiogram ( see separate info sheet- an inpatient X-ray of the heart arteries)

How will I get my results?

Before you leave the appointment, a follow-up will be scheduled with one of our providers. You may receive a call about your results before this appointment.

At the follow-up appointment, you will be given results of any testing performed and further plans for care will be initiated, if required. A letter will be sent to you and your doctor containing all the information from your visit--what has been done, your diagnosis (if known) and plans for future care. 

Marshall Cardiology - Huntington

A provider-based department of Cabell Huntington Hospital
Erma Ora Byrd Clinical Center
1249 15th Street
Fourth Floor
Huntington, WV 25701
Phone: 304.691.8500

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Appointments

The Rapid Access Chest Pain Clinic sees patients Monday-Thursday from 8 to 8:30 a.m. in order of arrival within 48 hours of an ER visit.
Marshall Cardiology
304.691.8500

Call 304.691.8500 to make an appointment.

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