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Do you pursue stress testing before discharge for a patient admitted with chest pain who has negative serial high-sensitivity troponins and a low HEART score?

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Hospital Medicine · Washington University

I usually do not since the HEART score (0-3) has such a low incidence of cardiac events in 6 weeks, and in the study, those patients were discharged. That being said, I would ensure the patient has a follow-up within a week to set up any testing that you feel is necessary to work up the chest pain.

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Cardiology · The George Washington University Hospital

Always test an admission for chest pain. Do not put so much faith in analytic scoring.

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