Adenosine stress cardiovascular magnetic resonance-observation unit management of patients at intermediate risk for acute coronary syndrome: A possible strategy for reducing healthcare-related costs

Current Treatment Options in Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 117-125

  Hall, Michael E ^a   Miller, Chadwick D ^a   Hundley, W Gregory ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac magnetic resonance; Cost reduction; Observation units; Stress testing

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; CREATINE KINASE; GADOLINIUM; TROPONIN; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ACUTE CHEST SYNDROME; ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADENOSINE STRESS CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CHEST PAIN OBSERVATION UNIT; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; MANAGED CARE; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; NEPHROGENIC SYSTEMIC FIBROSIS; PHARMACOLOGIC STRESS TESTING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RADIOLOGY; RADIOLOGY BENEFIT MANAGER; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURE;

EID: 84857632638     PISSN: 10928464     EISSN: 15343189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11936-011-0156-3     Document Type: Article

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