Diagnostic Yield of Routine Noninvasive Cardiovascular Testing in Low-Risk Acute Chest Pain Patients

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 204-207

  Winchester, David E ^a   Brandt, John ^a   Schmidt, Carla ^b   Allen, Brandon ^a   Payton, Thomas ^a   Amsterdam, Ezra A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM EXAMINATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART INJURY; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; LOW RISK PATIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; THORAX PAIN; TOBACCO USE; TREADMILL EXERCISE; ACUTE DISEASE; CHEST PAIN; COMPLICATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; RISK FACTOR;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; CHEST PAIN; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIOVASCULAR; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84931575996     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: 18791913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2015.03.058     Document Type: Article

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