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Poldervaart JM, Reitsma JB, Backus BE, et al. Effect of Using the HEART Score in Patients With Chest Pain in the Emergency Department: A Stepped-Wedge, Cluster Randomized Trial. Ann Intern Med. 2017;

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Cullen Clark, MD, is a combined emergency medicine/pediatrics resident at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in New Orleans. Originally from Louisville, Kentucky, Cullen is a graduate of the University of Louisville School of Medicine. His areas of interest include pediatric emergency medicine, pediatric critical care, pain management in the emergency department, and disaster medicine.

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The HEART Pathway for Early Discharge in Acute Chest Pain identifies emergency department patients with acute chest pain for early discharge.

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