Comparison of the Effectiveness of Stress Echocardiography Versus Myocardial Perfusion Imaging in Patients Presenting to the Emergency Department With Low-Risk Chest Pain

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 118, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 1786-1791

  Davies, Rhian ^a   Liu, Guodong ^a   Sciamanna, Christopher ^a   Davidson, William R ^a   Leslie, Douglas L ^a   Foy, Andrew J ^a  

^a PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LOW RISK PATIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; PROPENSITY SCORE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; THORAX PAIN; CHEST PAIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLICATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FACTUAL DATABASE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION; CHEST PAIN; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, STRESS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84999006748     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: 18791913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2016.08.066     Document Type: Article

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