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Tintinalli's Emergency Medicine: A Comprehensive Study Guide, 7e
| Section 7. Cardiovascular Disease > |
Chapter 55. Low Probability Acute Coronary Syndrome
Sections: Low Probability Acute Coronary Syndrome: Introduction, Epidemiology, Pathophysiology, Clinical Features, Diagnosis, Treatment, Disposition and Follow-Up, References.
Topics Discussed: possible acs.
Excerpt:"Patients with chest pain or other symptoms suggesting coronary
ischemia require clinical stratification into groups, based upon
the probability of acute coronary syndrome (ACS), for proper treatment
and disposition. This chapter discusses the features of low
probability ACS, or possible ACS. By definition,
patients classified into this group have no objective evidence of
acute coronary ischemia or infarction—no characteristic
ECG ST-segment elevation or depression, and normal levels of cardiac
markers. Patients with diagnostic ECG or cardiac marker levels, or
those with other high-risk features, are discussed in Chapter 53, Acute Coronary Syndromes: Acute Myocardial Infarction and Unstable Angina...."
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