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A Single Negative Cardiac Troponin Level in Conjunction With Electrocardiogram Data and Clinical Judgment May Safely Rule Out Acute Myocardial Infarction in Patients Presenting to the Emergency Department With Suspected Cardiac Chest Pain |
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Myocardial infarction is a major cause of death and disability worldwide, but identifying myocardial infarction upon presentation to the emergency department can be difficult. Chest pain may result from many widely varying etiologies, ranging from cardiovascular disease to gastrointestinal disease to infection, and many patients with acute coronary syndrome present with atypical symptoms (Resuscitation 2010 Mar;81(3):281). Early exclusion of an acute coronary syndrome in patients presenting to the emergency department could avoid unnecessary and costly hospital admissions, but signs and symptoms alone have not been found to be sufficient to diagnose or rule out acute myocardial infarction (Br J Gen Pract 2008 Feb;58(547):105 and JAMA 2005 Nov 23-30;294(20):2623). A recent study from the United Kingdom investigated the ability of clinical judgment in combination with electrocardiographic (ECG) and cardiac troponin T data to safely rule out acute myocardial infarction in 458 patients (mean age 64 years and 59% men) presenting to the emergency department with suspected cardiac chest pain. |
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