Incremental diagnostic and prognostic value of contemporary stress echocardiography in a chest pain unit: Mortality and morbidity outcomes from a real-world setting

Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 202-209

  Shah, Benoy N ^a,b   Balaji, Gothandaraman ^a   Alhajiri, Abdalla ^a   Ramzy, Ihab S ^a   Ahmadvazir, Shahram ^a   Senior, Roxy ^a,b  

^a NORTHWICK PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndrome; Chest pain; Prognosis; Stress echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; THORAX PAIN; ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; BLOOD; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CORONARY CARE UNIT; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART INFARCTION; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LENGTH OF STAY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TIME;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; TROPONIN;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CARDIOLOGY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, STRESS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT READMISSION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TRIAGE; TROPONIN;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84877256691     PISSN: 19419651     EISSN: 19420080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.112.980797     Document Type: Article

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