Question

A 62-year-year-old man presents to the emergency department with 1 hour of central chest pressure radiating to the left arm and associated diaphoresis. He is haemodynamically stable. What is the single most important immediate investigation?

Accepted Answer

12-lead ECG

Answer

Bedside troponin I assay

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Chest X-ray

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CT coronary angiography

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Transthoracic echocardiogram

Practice question

A 62-year-year-old man presents to the emergency department with 1 hour of central chest pressure radiating to the left arm and associated diaphoresis. He is haemodynamically stable. What is the single most important immediate investigation?