RT Book, Section
A1 Ross, Christopher
A2 Sherman, Scott C.
A2 Weber, Joseph M.
A2 Schindlbeck, Michael A.
A2 Rahul G., Patwari
SR Print(0)
ID 1101223327
T1 Acute Coronary Syndromes
T2 Clinical Emergency Medicine
YR 2014
FD 2014
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-179460-2
LK accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1101223327
RD 2024/04/19
AB Consider  acute  coronary  syndrome  (ACS)  in  the  initial  assessment  of  all  patients  presenting  with  chest  pain  and/or  difficulty  breathing.Atypical  presentations  are  common,  especially  in  women,  the  elderly,  and  diabetics.Obtain  an  emergent  electrocardiogram  in  all  patients  with  concern  for  ACS  to  rapidly  identify  ST-segment  elevation  myocardial  infarctions  (STEMI).Patients  with  STEMI  require  immediate  reperfusion  therapy  with  either  thrombolytics  or  percutaneous  coronary  intervention  to  salvage  the  maximum  amount  of  viable  myocardium.