Chest Radiography Should Be Routinely Performed Prior to Cardiac Catheterization in Patients With ST-elevation Myocardial Infarction

Ann Emerg Med. 2022 Dec;80(6):562-564. doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2022.07.023. Epub 2022 Oct 19.

Authors

Skyler A Lentz¹, Marina Boushra², Manpreet Singh³

Affiliations

¹ Divisions of Emergency Medicine and Pulmonary Critical Care, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT.
² Department of Emergency Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC.
³ Department of Emergency Medicine, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, University of California, Los Angeles, Torrance, CA. Electronic address: MaSingh@dhs.lacounty.gov.

PMID: 36270853
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2022.07.023

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MeSH terms

Cardiac Catheterization
Electrocardiography
Humans
Myocardial Infarction*
Radiography
ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction* / diagnostic imaging
ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction* / therapy