Abstract
Stratifying risk of patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) in the emergency department
(ED) remains a frequent challenge. When ST-elevation criteria are absent, current
recommendations rely upon insensitive and time-intensive methods such as the electrocardiogram
and cardiac enzyme testing. Here, we report on a series of cases, where emergency
physicians used a simplified model for identifying regional wall motion abnormalities
by point-of-care echocardiography in patients presenting with chest pain to the ED.
With the use of a simplified model described herein, high-risk patients with ACS were
identified rapidly in a cohort usually difficult to risk stratify.
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Article Info
Publication History
Published online: March 17, 2014
Accepted:
March 6,
2014
Received in revised form:
March 4,
2014
Received:
January 28,
2014
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