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EM Quick Hits 31 NG Tubes in SBO, Hyperacute T-Waves, Malignant Otitis Externa, CCTA in NSTEMI and Low-risk Chest Pain, Canadian Syncope Score

Emergency Medicine Cases

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The Importance of CCTA in Chest Pain Management

Justin Morgenstern: CCTA is more accurate than stress testing. None of the trials showed any patient-oriented benefit, he says. The only thing that changes with CCTa is that more patients get sent for invasive management,. But because those invasive interventions aren't preventing any bad outcomes, I think it's pretty clear that they represent harm.

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