What markers do you measure to diagnose reinfarction in patients after undergoing successful primary PCI 36 hours prior for STEMI?
For patients admitted with STEMI and who have successful PCI, how frequently do you measure Troponin/MB post procedure?
In patients with Valvular Heart Disease, do you use BNP/NT-proBNP in deciding treatment or the timing of surgery?
At your hospital, which of the following best illustrates the marker exclusion protocol?
What would you do with a 40-year-old male with elevated cholesterol?
When do you measure advanced lipoprotein subfractions (e.g., Apo B, Apo A1) or perform NMR lipid fractionation?
Do you think currently available point-of-care cardiac markers would be important in your ED to accelerate diagnosis?
How has the use of highly-sensitive troponins affected your assessment of patients with possible MI?
Do you use point-of-care cardiac markers in your ED?
Are you currently using a high-sensitive troponin I assay (i.e, lower limit of detectability 0.05 ng/ml or less)?
In patients admitted with ACS, when do you routinely measure LDL?
When do you measure cardiac markers after PCI?
When do you measure CRP?
When do you measure Lp(a)?
What is your standard MI exclusion protocol for low-risk CP patients?
What test would you perform in a 32-year-old female with syncope?
Do you measure BNP or NT-proBNP in ACS patients routinely>What is your standard MI exclusion protocol for low-rish CP patients?
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