Negative predictive value and potential cost savings of acute nuclear myocardial perfusion imaging in low risk patients with suspected acute coronary syndrome: A prospective single blinded study

BMC Emergency Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Forberg, Jacob L ^a   Hilmersson, Catarina E ^a   Carlsson, Marcus ^a   Arheden, Håkan ^a   Björk, Jonas ^a   Hjalte, Krister ^b   Ekelund, Ulf ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TETROFOSMIN TC 99M; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COST CONTROL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HEART SCINTISCANNING; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PREDICTION; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SWEDEN; THORAX PAIN; ECONOMICS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCINTISCANNING;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COST SAVINGS; ECONOMICS, HOSPITAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SWEDEN;

EID: 67651015647     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471227X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-227X-9-12     Document Type: Article

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