... assessed the safety and effectiveness of vernakalant when used in the emergency department setting (ED group) or in an inpatient hospital setting (non-ED group). Methods: This post hoc analysis of the international, observational, post-authorization SPECTRUM study included 1,289 and 720 recent-onset AF...

...Ju-Yi Chen; Shuenn-Yuh Lee; Meng-Dar Shieh Introduction: Emergency department (ED) visits for decompensated heart failure (HF) are frequent and associated with poor long-term outcomes. Plasma N-terminal pro B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) and cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP) are used...

... troponin T (hs-TnT) as a gatekeeper for coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) in suspected acute coronary syndrome (ACS) patients in the emergency department (ED). Methods: We included suspected ACS patients who underwent CCTA and were evaluated with hs-TnT. Patients were categorized as below...

...Arash Mokhtari; Ardavan Khoshnood; Jakob Lundager Forberg; Caroline Hård af Segerstad; Ulf Ekström; Tommy Schyman; Mahin Akbarzadeh; Bertil Lindahl; Ulf Ekelund Chest pain is one of the most common complaints at the emergency department (ED), and it is commonly the perceived likelihood of acute...

... seen in the emergency department. During the 1st week of the campaign, the mean number of chest pain patients increased from 10.5 per day prior to the start to 25.4. However, the number declined rapidly in subsequent months. The greatest increase was observed in patients with chest pain in whom AMI...

... in the emergency department (ED). Methods: All AF-related ED admissions during a 1-year period were retrospectively reviewed, and those meeting criteria of eligibility for immediate cardioversion, based on clinical stability, AF duration and adequacy of anticoagulation, were included. The propensity score approach...

...Girish V. Nair; Paul A. Gurbel; Sergey Y. Fuzaylov; Christopher J. Davis; E. Magnus Ohman; Raymond D. Bahr; Robert H. Christensen; Victor L. Serebruany Each year, at least 5 million patients in the United States present to hospital emergency departments with the complaint of chest pain, and more...