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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

Corey Heitz is an emergency physician in Roanoke, Virginia. He is also the CME editor for Academic Emergency Medicine. He is also the CME editor for Academic Emergency Medicine. Case: You are working a shift in your local community emergency department (ED) when a 47-year-old male presents with chest pain.

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46 year old with chest pain develops a wide complex rhythm -- see many examples

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

Written by Colin Jenkins and Nhu-Nguyen Le with edits by Willy Frick and by Smith A 46-year-old male presented to the emergency department with 2 days of heavy substernal chest pain and nausea. He reported a history of “Wolf-Parkinson-White” and “heart attack” but said neither had been treated. link] Fesmire, F.

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