Understanding Chest Pain: Free Community Education Series on July 25

CHI Health St. Francis, in collaboration with Nebraska Heart Institute, is hosting a heart education session at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, July 25 in Conference Room 2/3 at the hospital. Amy Theesan, APRN will discuss “Non-Cardiac Chest Pain vs. Acute Coronary Syndrome.”

Part of a new monthly series, this presentation is free and open to the community.

NCCP, sometimes referred to as unexplained- or anxiety-chest pain, affects up to 23% of adults nationally according to the National Institutes of Health. Sufferers may not be able to distinguish the difference between NCCP or a life-threatening heart attack. 

Theesan, a certified nurse practitioner focused on heart care, practices at Nebraska Heart.