12. Your patient is a 53 year old male who comes in with chest pain radiates to left jaw and left arm. Below is his EKG. His pain started 20 minutes prior to arrival. There is no old EKG. Which of the following is the best action for this patient.

A. Consult cardiology for an emergent cardiac catheterization.
B. Give the patient Ativan 1 mg IV
C. Wait on the patients cardiac enzymes to come back, then make a decision on disposition.
D. Get a CTA of the Chest to look for dissection which is common in this EKG pattern.
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