Comparison of myocardial perfusion imaging and cardiac troponin I in patients admitted to the emergency department with chest pain

Circulation

Volumn 99, Issue 16, 1999, Pages 2073-2078

  Kontos, Michael C ^a   Jesse, Robert L ^a   Anderson, F Philip ^a   Schmidt, Kristin L ^a   Ornato, Joseph P ^a   Tatum, James L ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Angina; Imaging; Myocardial infarction; Troponin

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE; CREATINE KINASE MB; METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; TROPONIN I;

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; CORONARY RISK; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; THORAX PAIN;

EID: 0033608944     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.99.16.2073     Document Type: Article

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