False-positive rates of provocative cardiac testing in chest pain patients admitted to an emergency department observation unit

Critical Pathways in Cardiology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 104-108

  Hartsell, Sydney ^a   Dorais, Jason ^a   Preston, Robert ^a   Hamilton, David ^a   Fuller, Matthew ^a   Mallin, Michael ^a   Barton, Erik ^a   Madsen, Troy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

cardiac catheterization; chest pain; observation unit; stress testing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIAC STRESS TEST; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; EXERCISE TEST; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART FUNCTION TEST; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; THORAX PAIN; TREADMILL; ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; CHEST PAIN; COMPLICATION; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEART SURGERY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; UNITED STATES; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURE;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CHEST PAIN; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, STRESS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES; UTAH;

EID: 84905028244     PISSN: 1535282X     EISSN: 15352811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HPC.0000000000000018     Document Type: Article

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