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About: Kingston Hospital / Cardiology

Leaving this on behalf of my wife who was admitted to A&E with chest pains (Feb 2017).

My wife is mid 40's not at the age you'd expect cardiac complaints but KH was able to accurately diagnose Spontaneous Coronary Arterial Dissection (SCAD) which it seems does not reliably come up on ECG or similar tests.

The Head of Cardiology was able to accurately interpret the sustained higher troponin levels as a suggestion of possible SCAD.

SCAD is often not picked up because it occurs in younger women using the usual tests.

Kingston were fantastic and in this case a real-life saver.

My gratitude goes to those in the Cardiology unit for making my wife's stay in the hospital so comfortable and for clear communications throughout.

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