RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Understanding cardiac troponin part 2: early rule out of acute coronary syndrome
JF Emergency Medicine Journal
JO Emerg Med J
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and the British Association for Accident & Emergency Medicine
SP 192
OP 197
DO 10.1136/emermed-2017-207161
VO 35
IS 3
A1 Edward Carlton
A1 Richard Body
YR 2018
UL http://emj.bmj.com/content/35/3/192.abstract
AB Chest pain of suspected cardiac origin is a very common emergency department presentation. Over the past decade, there has been an exponential growth in strategies that promote blood sampling at earlier and earlier time points after presentation to facilitate the rule out of acute coronary syndrome.In part 2 of this series, we examine key concepts from the recent literature with the aim of improving clinicians’ understanding of the rule-out strategies available to them and provide a structured overview of strategies that facilitate discharge with blood testing over <3 hours.