Tag: GRACE

GRACE Guidelines: A Pragmatic Approach to Recurrent Low-Risk Chest Pain

by Marco Propersi posted July 19, 2021 No Comments

In the United States, a patient with chest pain presents to the emergency department (ED) every 5 seconds. By the time you finish reading this post, 60 patients will have sought treatment for chest pain. In 2017, chest pain was ...

Cardiovascular

Are we Missing Acute MIs with Clinical Risk Scores?

by Matt Astin posted April 13, 2017 No Comments

Background: In 2011, we saw 7 million patients in the emergency department (ED) complaining of chest pain. Most of these patients did NOT have an acute coronary syndrome (ACS) or an acute myocardial infarction (AMI). Missing an AMI is one of ...

Cardiovascular