A 58-year-old with chest pain has a normal ECG and high-sensitivity troponin T below the 99th percentile at 0 and 2 hours, and low clinical risk. What...

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A 58-year-old with chest pain has a normal ECG and high-sensitivity troponin T below the 99th percentile at 0 and 2 hours, and low clinical risk. What is the next best step?

Accepted Answer

Discharge with outpatient follow-up

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Admit for serial conventional troponins for 24 hours

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Immediate coronary angiography

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CT coronary angiography for all patients

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Start dual antiplatelet therapy empirically

us-abem MCQ (SBA): Chest Pain Risk Stratification

A 58-year-old with chest pain has a normal ECG and high-sensitivity troponin T below the 99th percentile at 0 and 2 hours, and low clinical risk. What is the next best step?