Publications by authors named "Julie Paget Sentagne"
Article Synopsis
- This study explored a new diagnostic approach for acute coronary syndrome (ACS) in the emergency department, which combines a non-ischemic ECG, a normal troponin test, and chest CT to detect coronary calcifications.
- The research involved 280 patients over 18 with chest pain who had both non-ischemic ECG and negative troponin tests; it found a very high negative predictive value of 99.8% for ruling out ACS using this combined strategy.
- Among those without calcifications, only a small percentage were hospitalized, and none experienced an acute coronary event, suggesting the strategy could effectively reduce unnecessary hospital admissions in similar patients.
