A 58-year-old man with exertional chest pain radiating to the left arm for 20 minutes arrives at ED. ECG shows ST depression in V4-V6 and troponin is ...

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A 58-year-old man with exertional chest pain radiating to the left arm for 20 minutes arrives at ED. ECG shows ST depression in V4-V6 and troponin is pending. He is haemodynamically stable. What is the most appropriate next step?

Accepted Answer

Start aspirin 300 mg and ticagrelor 180 mg

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Give thrombolysis

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Urgent CT pulmonary angiography

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Start apixaban 5 mg twice daily

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Reassure and arrange outpatient exercise test

ukmla MCQ (SBA): Non-ST elevation acute coronary syndrome

A 58-year-old man with exertional chest pain radiating to the left arm for 20 minutes arrives at ED. ECG shows ST depression in V4-V6 and troponin is pending. He is haemodynamically stable. What is the most appropriate next step?