Utility Contrast Echocardiography in the Emergency Department

JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 197-203

  Wei, Kevin ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

echocardiography; emergency department; myocardial

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; THORAX PAIN; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ANGINA PECTORIS; CONTRAST MEDIA; COST SAVINGS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 75949113736     PISSN: 1936878X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2009.09.019     Document Type: Review

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