Importance Noninvasive testing and coronary angiography are used to evaluate patients
who present to the emergency department (ED) with chest pain, but their effects on …

Importance Patients presenting to the emergency department (ED) with chest pain whose
evaluation for ischemia demonstrates no abnormalities receive further functional or …

BACKGROUND: Noninvasive cardiac testing (NICT) has been associated with decreased
long-term risks of major adverse cardiac events (MACEs) among emergency department …

Importance The American Heart Association recommends routine provocative cardiac
testing in accelerated diagnostic protocols for coronary ischemia. The diagnostic and …

Background More than 4 million cardiac noninvasive diagnostic tests are performed
annually in the United States. However, questions remain regarding their effectiveness in …

Importance The incremental benefit of noninvasive testing in addition to clinical evaluation
(history, physical examination, an electrocardiogram [ECG], and biomarker assessment) vs …

Importance Patients with chest pain represent a high health care burden, but it may be
possible to identify a patient group with a low short-term risk of adverse cardiac events who …

Approximately 7 million patients present to the emergency department (ED) each year with
chest pain, at an estimated cost of $5 billion (1). Although a cardiovascular cause may be …

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Supplement. Background: The HEART (History, Electrocardiogram, Age, Risk factors, and …

Background Limited data exist on the long-term outcomes of patients who undergo
evaluation in a chest pain unit (CPU). Methods Our study included patients with chest pain at …