23. Acute Coronary Syndrome

  1. Jesse M. Pines1,2,
  2. Christopher R. Carpenter3,4,
  3. Ali S. Raja5,
  4. Jeremiah D. Schuur5

Published Online: 8 NOV 2012

DOI: 10.1002/9781118482117.ch23

Book Title

Evidence-Based Emergency Care: Diagnostic Testing and Clinical Decision Rules, Second Edition

Evidence-Based Emergency Care: Diagnostic Testing and Clinical Decision Rules, Second Edition

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How to Cite

Pines, J. M., Carpenter, C. R., Raja, A. S. and Schuur, J. D. (2012) Acute Coronary Syndrome, in Evidence-Based Emergency Care: Diagnostic Testing and Clinical Decision Rules, Second Edition, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, Chichester, UK. doi: 10.1002/9781118482117.ch23

Author Information

  1. 1

    Center for Healthcare Quality, George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA

  2. 2

    Emergency Medicine and Health Policy, George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA

  3. 3

    Evidence Based Medicine, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, USA

  4. 4

    Division of Emergency Medicine, Barnes Jewish Hospital, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, USA

  5. 5

    Department of Emergency Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

Publication History

  1. Published Online: 8 NOV 2012
  2. Published Print: 7 NOV 2012

ISBN Information

Print ISBN: 9780470657836

Online ISBN: 9781118482117

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Keywords:

  • acute coronary syndrome;
  • ACS, from AMI to stable angina;
  • troponin I, poorly sensitive and highly specific tests for ACS;
  • CAD, a leading cause of death;
  • initial ECG in patients with suspected ACS, ST-segment elevations;
  • performance characteristics of cardiac troponins;
  • performance characteristics of biomarker studies, AMI in ED patients;
  • stress echocardiography from meta-analyses, performance characteristics;
  • summary weighted test characteristics of stress tests;
  • non-invasive stress test in CAD, with no evidence of AMI/UA

Summary

This chapter contains sections titled:

  • Background

  • Clinical question

  • Comments

  • References

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