A comprehensive strategy for the evaluation and triage of the chest pain patient: A cost comparison study

Journal of Nuclear Cardiology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 284-290

  Kontos, Michael C ^a,b   Schmidt, Kristin L ^a   McCue, Michael ^b   Rossiter, Louis F ^b   Jurgensen, Michael ^b   Nicholson, Christopher S ^b   Jesse, Robert L ^b   Ornato, Joseph P ^b   Tatum, James L ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Chest pain evaluation; Cost effectiveness; Emergency department; Myocardial perfusion imaging; Triage

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUND; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT; TECHNETIUM COMPLEX; TECHNETIUM TC 99M 1,2 BIS(BIS(2 ETHOXYETHYL)PHOSPHINO)ETHANE; TECHNETIUM TC 99M 1,2-BIS(BIS(2-ETHOXYETHYL)PHOSPHINO)ETHANE;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; ECONOMICS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; SCINTISCANNING; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; THORAX PAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

EID: 0038643529     PISSN: 10713581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1071-3581(03)00361-1     Document Type: Article

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