Early noninvasive cardiac testing after emergency department evaluation for suspected acute coronary syndrome

AA Kawatkar, AL Sharp, AS Baecker… - JAMA internal …, 2020 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Professional guidelines recommend noninvasive cardiac testing (NIT) within 72
hours of an emergency department (ED) evaluation for suspected acute coronary syndrome …

Clinical effectiveness of cardiac noninvasive diagnostic testing in patients discharged from the emergency department for chest pain

I Roifman, L Han, M Koh, HC Wijeysundera… - Journal of the …, 2019 - Am Heart Assoc
Background More than 4 million cardiac noninvasive diagnostic tests are performed
annually in the United States. However, questions remain regarding their effectiveness in …

Emergency Department Referral of Patients With Chest Pain for Noninvasive Cardiac Testing and 2-Year Clinical Outcomes

DG Mark, J Huang, DW Ballard, DR Vinson… - … Quality and Outcomes, 2024 - Am Heart Assoc
BACKGROUND: Noninvasive cardiac testing (NICT) has been associated with decreased
long-term risks of major adverse cardiac events (MACEs) among emergency department …

Clinical effectiveness of cardiac noninvasive diagnostic testing in outpatients evaluated for stable coronary artery disease

I Roifman, A Sivaswamy, A Chu, PC Austin… - Journal of the …, 2020 - Am Heart Assoc
Background Despite more than 4 million cardiac noninvasive diagnostic tests (NIT) being
performed annually for stable coronary artery disease in the United States, it is unclear …

Use of cardiac noninvasive testing after emergency department discharge: association of hospital network testing intensity and outcomes in Ontario, Canada

I Roifman, L Han, M Koh, HC Wijeysundera… - Journal of the …, 2020 - Am Heart Assoc
Background The relationship between noninvasive cardiac diagnostic testing intensity and
downstream clinical outcomes is unclear. Our objective was to examine the relationship …

Hospital variation in the use of noninvasive cardiac imaging and its association with downstream testing, interventions, and outcomes

KC Safavi, SX Li, K Dharmarajan… - JAMA internal …, 2014 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Current guidelines allow substantial discretion in use of noninvasive cardiac
imaging for patients without acute myocardial infarction (AMI) who are being evaluated for …

Acute coronary syndrome screening and diagnostic practice variation

MYAB Yiadom, X Liu, CM McWade… - Academic …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Background In the absence of the existing acute coronary syndrome (ACS) guidelines
directing the clinical practice implementation of emergency department (ED) screening and …

Noninvasive cardiac testing vs clinical evaluation alone in acute chest pain: a secondary analysis of the ROMICAT-II randomized clinical trial

SW Reinhardt, CJ Lin, E Novak… - JAMA internal …, 2018 - jamanetwork.com
Importance The incremental benefit of noninvasive testing in addition to clinical evaluation
(history, physical examination, an electrocardiogram [ECG], and biomarker assessment) vs …

Evaluation of high-sensitivity cardiac troponin I levels in patients with suspected acute coronary syndrome

E Carlton, J Greenslade, L Cullen, R Body… - JAMA …, 2016 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Low concentrations of high-sensitivity cardiac troponin I determined on
presentation to the emergency department (ED) have been shown to have an excellent …

Single vs serial measurements of cardiac troponin level in the evaluation of patients in the emergency department with suspected acute myocardial infarction

M Wassie, MS Lee, BC Sun, YL Wu… - JAMA Network …, 2021 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Chest pain is among the most common reasons for emergency department (ED)
presentations. However, most patients are at low risk for acute coronary syndrome (ACS) …