Case 1:

JF is a 42-year old previously healthy farmer who presented with sudden onset central chest pain of one hour duration to the ED. The pain is associated with sweating and radiates to the left arm and jaw. The area of discomfort is about the size of the fist.

Ragavendra R. Baliga, M.D
Assistant Professor
Division of Cardiology
University Of Michigan

 

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This patient is asymptomatic and has no complications in the CCU. He can, therefore, safely be transferred out of the CCU within 24 to 36 hours.

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Low risk patients include those without a history of previous infarction, and who do not experience persistent ischemic pain, CHF, hypotension, heart block or hemodynamically compromising ventricular arrhythmias. Such patients can be safely transferred out of the CCU within 24 to 36 hours of admission and, provided they remain asymtomatic and without complications, constitute a group of patients who can be considered for early discharge in another 24 to 48 hours.
 
 
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