Myocardial perfusion imaging in the evaluation of chest pain in the acute care setting: Clinical and economic outcomes
โ Scribed by Leslee J. Shaw
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 89 KB
- Volume
- 14
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1071-3581
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In this era of cost containment and application of practice guidelines to ensure appropriate use of diagnostic procedures and therapeutic interventions, there is a need to identify the most optimal diagnostic evaluation of patients who come to the emergency department with chest pain and a nondiagno
Patients presenting to the emergency department with chest discomfort are a difficult problem for emergency physicians. Nearly 50% of patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) will initially have nondiagnostic ECGs on ED presentation. The purpose of this study was to determine if patients with