Cardiac imaging in the evaluation of patients presenting to the emergency department with chest pain

Journal of Nuclear Cardiology

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 749-755

  Wyrick, Jared J ^a   Wei, Kevin ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; CREATINE KINASE MB; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; GADOLINIUM CHELATE; METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; TETROFOSMIN; THALLIUM 201; TROPONIN I;

ANAMNESIS; ANGINA PECTORIS; BLOOD ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; EDITORIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIDNEY DISEASE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MORTALITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

CHEST PAIN; CRITICAL CARE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, BIOMEDICAL;

EID: 33845444133     PISSN: 10713581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclcard.2006.09.007     Document Type: Editorial

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