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    Medical Malpractice Insights: Chest pain, a widened mediastinum, and a discordant CT

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    Chuck Pilcher looks at a difficult case of aortic dissection in this month's Medical Malpractice Insights.
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    The EM Educator Series: Not Your Typical Chest Pain Case

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    This EM Educator covers esophageal perforation.
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    EM Cases: Low Risk Chest Pain and High Sensitivity Troponin – A Paradigm Shift

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    In this podcast with Dr. Eddy Lang and world expert troponin researcher Dr. Andrew McRae, we answer the not-so-simple questions...
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    R.E.B.E.L. EM – Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography (CCTA): The Holy Grail of “Low Risk” Chest Pain Evaluation?

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    CCTA has become a popular modality in the ED setting to assess anatomic atherosclerotic disease in patients presenting with chest pain. Advocates of CCTA feel that CCTA has a greater accuracy in identifying obstructive coronary artery disease and identification of high-risk disease compared to standard physiologic testing. However, many published
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    EM Beats by Doge: Chest Pain Plus

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    Ready for some great beats? EM Beats by Doge provides you with the key information to handle dissection like a boss.
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    EM in 5: Approach to Chest Pain

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    This week for EM in 5 Anna brings you the approach to chest pain.
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    Chest Pain Controversies: Coronary CTA Use (Part 2)

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    Coronary CTA has risen to the forefront of chest pain evaluation, providing an anatomical evaluation of coronary artery vasculature. When negative, it improves negative predictive value of ACS. Additionally, CCTA allows for a better means to diagnose CAD when compared to history, physical exam, ECG, and biomarkers. But, is CCTA
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    Chest Pain Controversies: Risk Stratification and Stress Test Utility (Part 1)

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    Chest pain accounts for approximately 8-10 million healthcare visits in the U.S. per year and can be associated with a variety of benign to life-threatening diseases. Acute coronary syndrome is one of the major considerations in the ED. Approximately 20% of lawsuits are due to misdiagnosis and mismanagement of ACS
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    R.E.B.E.L. EM – Management and Disposition of Low Risk Chest Pain

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    Chest Pain (CP) is a very common complaint seen in emergency departments around the world. In the US specifically anywhere from 8 – 10 million patients present to the ED complaining of CP. Many use liberal testing strategies to prevent missing acute coronary syndrome (ACS) or other major adverse cardiac
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    R.E.B.E.L. EM – Does My Patient with Chest Pain Have Acute Coronary Syndrome?

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    What is known about chest pain is that it is a common complaint presenting to EDs all over the world, but only a small percentage of these patients will be ultimately diagnosed with Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS).
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