Stress myocardial perfusion imaging for the evaluation and triage of chest pain in the emergency department: A randomized controlled trial

Journal of Nuclear Cardiology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1002-1012

  Lim, Swee Han ^a   Anantharaman, Venkataraman ^a   Sundram, Felix ^a   Chan, Edwin Shih Yen ^b   Ang, Ee Sin ^a   Yo, Sui Lan ^a   Jacob, Edward ^a   Goh, Anthony ^a   Tan, Say Beng ^b,c   Chua, Terrance ^a  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b SINGAPORE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^c DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

acute chest pain; acute coronary syndrome; Cardiac event; cardiac troponin; emergency department; risk stratification

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE MB; TETROFOSMIN TC 99M; TROPONIN;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GAMMA CAMERA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; ST SEGMENT; STRESS; THORAX PAIN;

ADULT; AGED; CHEST PAIN; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; TRIAGE;

EID: 84891021701     PISSN: 10713581     EISSN: 15326551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12350-013-9736-9     Document Type: Article

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