Acute coronary syndromes

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Original articles
Derivation and validation of a sensitive IMA cutpoint to predict cardiac events in patients with chest pain

A F Manini, J Ilgen, V E Noble, F Bamberg, W Koenig, J S Bohan, U Hoffmann
Emerg. Med. J. 2009; 26: 791-796. [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Abstracts for Roderick Little Prize Session
A multimarker strategy to exclude acute myocardial infarction: can some patients be immediately reassured?

R. Body
Emerg. Med. J. 2009; 26: 3. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Images in emergency medicine
Atypical extravasation of contrast medium in massive extrapleural haematoma due to cardiac massage without rib fracture

S Morita, J Koizumi, K Sakurai, M Amino, K Yoshioka, Y Nakagawa, I Yamamoto, S Inokuchi
Emerg. Med. J. 2009; 26: 710. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Best Evidence Topic reports
BET 2. HEART FATTY ACID BINDING PROTEIN FOR RAPID DIAGNOSIS OF ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION IN THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT

Emerg. Med. J. 2009; 26: 519-522. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Emergency casebooks
Early administration of thrombolysis can prevent myocardial necrosis: time is myocardium

A Suri, S Ahsan, J Lim, T-P Cusack, T P Chua, E W Leatham
Emerg. Med. J. 2009; 26: 541-542. [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Prehospital care
Paramedic-led prehospital thrombolysis is safe and effective: the East Anglian experience

S N Khan, P Murray, L McCormick, L S Sharples, P Salahshouri, J Scott, P M Schofield
Emerg. Med. J. 2009; 26: 452-455. [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Prehospital care
True posterior myocardial infarction: the importance of leads V7–V9

J Lindridge
Emerg. Med. J. 2009; 26: 456-457. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Best Evidence Topic reports
BET 2. TROPONIN FOR 30-DAY RISK STRATIFICATION IN CHEST PAIN PATIENTS WITH ISCHAEMIC ECG

Emerg. Med. J. 2009; 26: 358-359. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Prehospital care
Evaluation of attitudes and perceptions of key clinical stakeholders regarding out-of-hospital diagnosis and treatment of ST elevation myocardial infarction patients using a region-wide survey

N A Rajabali, R T Tsuyuki, S Sookram, S H Simpson, R C Welsh
Emerg. Med. J. 2009; 26: 371-376. [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [ Web only appendix ]  

Prehospital care
Does prehospital thrombolysis increase the proportion of patients who have an aborted myocardial infarction?

L Jackson, J Kendall, N Castle
Emerg. Med. J. 2009; 26: 206-209. [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]