Testing of low-risk patients presenting to the emergency department with chest pain: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association

EA Amsterdam, JD Kirk, DA Bluemke, D Diercks… - Circulation, 2010 - Am Heart Assoc
The management of low-risk patients presenting to emergency departments is a common
and challenging clinical problem entailing 8 million emergency department visits annually …

Part 10: acute coronary syndromes: 2010 American Heart Association guidelines for cardiopulmonary resuscitation and emergency cardiovascular care

RE O'Connor, W Brady, SC Brooks, D Diercks, J Egan… - Circulation, 2010 - Am Heart Assoc
The 2010 AHA Guidelines for CPR and ECC for the evaluation and management of acute
coronary syndromes (ACS) are intended to define the scope of training for healthcare …

Prognostic value of predischarge dobutamine stress echocardiography in chest pain patients with a negative cardiac troponin T

R Bholasingh, JH Cornel, O Kamp… - Journal of the American …, 2003 - jacc.org
Objectives: We prospectively studied the prognostic value of predischarge dobutamine
stress echocardiography (DSE) in low-risk chest pain patients with a normal or …

Part 9: acute coronary syndromes: 2010 international consensus on cardiopulmonary resuscitation and emergency cardiovascular care science with treatment …

RE O'Connor, L Bossaert, HR Arntz, SC Brooks… - Circulation, 2010 - Am Heart Assoc
Note From the Writing Group: Throughout this article, the reader will notice combinations of
superscripted letters and numbers (eg,“Chest Pain Observation Units ACS-005A”). These …

Triage of patients with acute chest pain and possible cardiac ischemia: the elusive search for diagnostic perfection

L Goldman, AJ Kirtane - Annals of internal medicine, 2003 - acpjournals.org
Few diagnostic decisions in medicine have been more heavily researched than the
approach to the patient with acute chest pain. Despite the advances in both diagnosing and …

Cost-effectiveness of coronary MDCT in the triage of patients with acute chest pain

JA Ladapo, U Hoffmann, F Bamberg… - American Journal of …, 2008 - Am Roentgen Ray Soc
OBJECTIVE. Patients at low risk for acute coronary syndrome (ACS) who present to the
emergency department complaining of acute chest pain place a substantial economic …

Stress echo in chest pain unit: the SPEED trial

G Bedetti, EM Pasanisi, G Tintori, L Fonseca… - International journal of …, 2005 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Emergency room (ER) evaluation of patients with acute chest pain and non-
diagnostic electrocardiography (ECG) remains a frequent and difficult problem. AIM: To …

Considerations for early acute myocardial infarction rule-out for emergency department chest pain patients: the case of copeptin

G Lippi, M Plebani, S Di Somma, V Monzani… - Clinical chemistry and …, 2012 - degruyter.com
The evaluation of patients admitted at the emergency department (ED) for chest pain is
challenging and involves many different clinical specialists including emergency physicians …

Risk stratification of patients with acute chest pain and normal troponin concentrations

J Sanchis, V Bodi, A Llacer, J Núñez, L Consuegra… - Heart, 2005 - heart.bmj.com
Objective: To investigate the outcome of patients with acute chest pain and normal troponin
concentrations. Design: Prospective cohort design. Setting: Single centre study in a teaching …

Computed tomography coronary angiography for rapid disposition of low‐risk emergency department patients with chest pain syndromes

JE Hollander, HI Litt, M Chase… - Academic …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Background Patients with recent normal cardiac catheterization are at low risk for
complications of ischemic chest pain. Computed tomography (CT) coronary angiography …