Selective use of single-photon emission computed tomography myocardial perfusion imaging in a chest pain center

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 87, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1351-1355

  Abbott, Brian G ^a   Abdel Aziz, Islam ^a   Nagula, Satish ^a   Monico, Edward P ^b   Schriver, John A ^b   Wackers, Frans J Th ^a  

^a Section of Cardiovascular Medicine   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EVALUATION; HEALTH CENTER; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REST; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STRESS; THORAX PAIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; CHEST PAIN; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; CORONARY CIRCULATION; CORONARY DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PATIENT ADMISSION; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; TRIAGE;

EID: 0035877161     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(01)01551-X     Document Type: Article

References (21)

1. An evaluation of technologies for identifying acute cardiac ischemia in the emergency department: A report from a National Heart Attack Alert Program Working Group
2. Comprehensive strategy for the evaluation and triage of the chest pain patient
3. Imaging guidelines for nuclear cardiology procedures. Myocardial perfusion SPECT protocols
4. Exercise standards. A statement for healthcare professionals from the American Heart Association Writing Group
5. Cost-effectiveness of mandatory stress testing in chest pain center patients
6. Lessons learned from a community hospital chest pain center
7. A clinical trial of a chest-pain observation unit for patients with unstable angina. Chest Pain Evaluation in the Emergency Room (CHEER) Investigators
8. A rapid diagnostic and treatment center for patients with chest pain in the emergency department
9. An emergency department-based protocol for rapidly ruling out myocardial ischemia reduces hospital time and expense: Results of a randomized study (ROMIO)
10. Cost-effectiveness of myocardial perfusion imaging with SPECT in the emergency department evaluation of patients with unexplained chest pain
11. Potential cost effectiveness of initial myocardial perfusion imaging for assessment of emergency department patients with chest pain
12. Clinical value of acute rest technetium-99m tetrofosmin tomographic myocardial perfusion imaging in patients with acute chest pain and nondiagnostic electrocardiograms
13. Ninety-day follow-up of patients in the emergency department with chest pain who undergo initial single-photon emission computed tomographic perfusion scintigraphy with technetium 99m-labeled sestamibi
14. Emergency room technetium-99m sestamibi imaging to rule out acute myocardial ischemic events in patients with nondiagnostic electrocardiograms
15. Cost effective nuclear scanning in a comprehensive and systematic approach to the evaluation of chest pain in the emergency department
16. Utility and safety of immediate exercise testing of low-risk patients admitted to the hospital for suspected acute myocardial infarction
17. Impact on the care of the emergency department chest pain patient from the chest pain evaluation registry (CHEPER) study
18. Differences between chest pain observation service patients and admitted "rule-out myocardial infarction" patients
19. Feasibility of a rapid diagnostic protocol for an emergency department chest pain unit
20. An economic analysis of an aggressive diagnostic strategy with single photon emission computed tomography myocardial perfusion imaging and early exercise stress testing in emergency department patients who present with chest pain but nondiagnostic electrocardiograms: Results from a randomized trial
21. Costs of an emergency department-based accelerated diagnostic protocol vs hospitalization in patients with chest pain: A randomized controlled trial