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SGEM#370: Listen to your Heart (Score)…MACE Incidence in Non-Low Risk Patients with known Coronary Artery Disease

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

His father had a minor heart attack at the age of 63. With a negative initial troponin, this gives him a HEART score of 4. If we thought about ACS, we brought them in. Case: You are working a shift in your local community emergency department (ED) when a 47-year-old male presents with chest pain. AEM June 2022.

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A man in his 30s with cardiac arrest and STE on the post-ROSC ECG

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

He reportedly told his family "I think I'm having a heart attack", then they immediately drove him to the ED, and he was able to ambulate into the triage area before he collapsed and became unresponsive. CPR was initiated immediately. There is also STD in V2-V4 (but maximal in V5-V6).

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