A 64-year-old man with chest pain and non-ischaemic ECG has hs-cTn below 99th percentile at 0 h and a significant rise at 1 h. Next step?...

Question

A 64-year-old man with chest pain and non-ischaemic ECG has hs-cTn below 99th percentile at 0 h and a significant rise at 1 h. Next step?

Accepted Answer

Admit for further evaluation and management for possible MI

Answer

Discharge with reassurance

Answer

Repeat troponin in 24 hours as outpatient

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Skip antiplatelets because ECG is normal

Answer

Immediate thrombolysis

us-abem MCQ (SBA): Acute chest pain and hs-cTn