Contrast echocardiography for risk stratification of patients with cardiac chest pain
Claire Braybrook
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When patients present to an emergency department with cardiac chest pain and a nondiagnostic electrocardiogram, it can be difficult to distinguish between those who can be discharged safely and those with a high risk of an adverse outcome. Although Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction (TIMI) scores are useful for risk stratification, troponin levels are not always known at presentation.
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