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āŒ Myth: "It hurts when I press = musculoskeletal"

āœ… Reality: 5-7% of patients with reproducible chest wall tenderness have ACS

That's 1 in 15 to 1 in 20 patients.

Action: Continue full cardiac workup regardless of tenderness on palpation. Never use this finding alone to rule out cardiac cause.

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