Rationale and design of a randomized trial comparing initial stress echocardiography versus coronary CT angiography in low-to-intermediate risk emergency department patients with chest pain

Echocardiography

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 744-750

  Levsky, Jeffrey M ^a   Haramati, Linda B ^a   Taub, Cynthia C ^a   Spevack, Daniel M ^a   Menegus, Mark A ^a   Travin, Mark I ^a   Vega, Shayna ^a   Lerer, Rikah ^a   Brown Manhertz, Durline ^a   Hirschhorn, Esther ^a   Tobin, Jonathan N ^a,b   Garcia, Mario J ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

chest pain; comparative effectiveness research; coronary computed tomography angiography; emergency department; randomized controlled trial; stress echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENGTH OF STAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK ASSESSMENT; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; STUDY DESIGN; THORAX PAIN; ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; CHEST PAIN; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; INCIDENCE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSALITY; CHEST PAIN; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84904056085     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: 15408175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/echo.12464     Document Type: Article

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