Emergency Medicine Cases

JJ 16 Heparin for ACS and STEMI

01.28.2020 - By Dr. Anton HelmanPlay

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Does heparin - LMWH or unfractionated heparin - benefit the patient with a pretty good story for angina with a bump in their troponin and some ST depression in the lateral leads? We’re expected to routinely give heparin for all these NSTEMI and unstable angina patients with any ischemic changes seen on the ECG, right? And for STEMI too. But should we?....

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