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Lauren Alexandria Coaxum

Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Emergency Medicine

Current Duke Appointments & Affiliations


Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine · 2025 - Present Emergency Medicine, Clinical Science Departments

Recent Scholarly Works


Myopericarditis in an emergency department patient presenting with chest pain and ECG changes: a case report.

Journal article Egypt Heart J · April 7, 2026 BACKGROUND: Myopericarditis is uncommon but important to consider in patients presenting with chest pain. It most commonly is caused by a viral infection. Myopericarditis involves both myocardial injury and pericardial sac inflammation, thus may benefit fr ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Acute myocardial infarction diagnosis and treatment following implementation of a multicomponent intervention in Tanzania: the MIMIC pilot trial.

Journal article BMJ Open · November 11, 2025 BACKGROUND: In Tanzania, acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is underdiagnosed, and uptake of evidence-based care is suboptimal. Using an implementation science approach, an intervention was developed to address local barriers to care: the Multicomponent Int ... Full text Link to item Cite

Evaluating the performance of the HEART score in a Tanzanian emergency department.

Journal article Acad Emerg Med · April 2024 OBJECTIVE: The HEART score successfully risk stratifies emergency department (ED) patients with chest pain in high-income settings. However, this tool has not been validated in low-income countries. METHODS: This is a secondary analysis of a prospective ob ... Full text Link to item Cite
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Education


Thomas Jefferson University, Sidney Kimmel Medical College · 2020 M.D.