Impact of technetium-99m sestamibi imaging on the emergency department management and costs in the evaluation of low-risk chest pain

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 315-323

  Kosnik, Joseph W ^a   Zalenski, Robert J ^a,c   Grzybowski, Mary ^a,b,d   Huang, Raywin ^a   Sweeny, Padraic J ^a   Welch, Robert D ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Chest pain; Cost evaluation; Emergency department; Sestamibi imaging

Indexed keywords

METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART INFARCTION; HEART SCINTISCANNING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX PAIN;

ANGINA, UNSTABLE; CHEST PAIN; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; MALE; MICHIGAN; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TECHNETIUM TC 99M SESTAMIBI;

EID: 0035045139     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2001.tb02108.x     Document Type: Article

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