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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.