Chest pain and elevated cardiac troponin: a typical case of myocardial infarction? Perhaps not…
Chest pain is a common presentation in Emergency Medicine and can cause a diagnostic dilemma. Does the patient need urgent admission for percutaneous coronary intervention following a myocardial infarction? Or will discharge with reassurance and a bottle of antacids sort out their indigestion? Measurement of cardiac troponin has become an essential part of emergency assessment […]
