Acute Coronary Syndromes
Computed Coronary Angiography (CTCA) has been advocated as a useful adjunct in the investigation of acute coronary syndromes (ACS) in the ED. Although we’ve made huge progress in the diagnosis …
JC: CTCA for cardiac chest pain in the ED. St Emlyn’s Read More »
Read. more about our Med-Fi series here and see our future based content here. Fiona was relieved to have got the all clear for her heart health – it had …
When we saw in the last decade, I’d just finished my PhD looking to discover the ‘new troponin’. At the time, patients with suspected acute coronary syndromes (ACS) were routinely …
Suspected cardiac chest pain: everyone sees it, everyone has a different clinical pathway, and everyone has a different risk score for it. This week the Emergency Medicine Journal published our …
Risk scores for cardiac chest pain: the first head-to-head comparison! Read More »
This month I was lucky enough to be invited to speak in Slovenia at the European Resus Council meeting. It was a super place to visit and a wonderful conference. …
European Resuscitation Council meeting: Slovenia 2019. St Emlyn’s Read More »
This week the St Emlyn’s team is in Gateshead for the Royal College of Emergency Medicine’s annual scientific conference. This year I’ve been tasked with putting together the top 10 …
JC: Top 10 papers 2018-2019 for #RCEM Annual Scientific Conference. St Emlyn’s Read More »
Back in late 2018 we gathered in Manchester for the inaugural #stemlynsLIVE conference. Our friend Dr George Willis gave a great talk on Aortic Emergencies. There are loads of great …
Aortic Emergencies with George Willis at #stemlynsLIVE Read More »
Ed – This blog is based on the talk Salim gave at #stemlynsLIVE in Manchester back in September 2018. The background and data below was first published on the REBEL …
Nearly at the end of what has been a fun and exciting conference with lots to learn and take home into our own practice. We’ve described much of this on …
Imagine you’re treating a patient who presented with typical cardiac chest pain. The initial ECG showed subtle lateral ST depression that seemed to resolve on subsequent ECGs. You’re very concerned …