Chest Pain in the Emergency Department

This seems like a good idea. Chest pain is common. Ultrasound can see many causes of chest pain. Sooooo lets use ultrasound in patients with chest pain to help with decision making. Well, wipe the smile from your face validity because it is not that simple. This article takes an interesting approach in performing a rather complex "focused" echo in the emergency department and uses it to determine the patient's disposition. The main goal was to see how accurate this method could be. Let's see how this pans out.