It is important that the medical profession play a significant role in critically evaluating the
use of diagnostic procedures and therapies as they are introduced and tested in the …

The ACC/AHA Task Force on Practice Guidelines was formed to make recommendations
regarding the diagnosis and treatment of patients with known or suspected cardiovascular …

echocardiogram) may be expected to facilitate the identification of patients with chest pain of
an ischemic etiology (angina). In a patient presenting to the emergency department with …

The management of low-risk patients presenting to emergency departments is a common
and challenging clinical problem entailing 8 million emergency department visits annually …

2011 ACCF/AHA Focused Update Incorporated Into the ACC/AHA 2007 Guidelines for the
Management of Patients With Unstable Angina/Non–ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction …

For new or updated text, view the 2011 Focused Update. Text supporting unchanged
recommendations has not been updated. The ACC/AHA Task Force on Practice Guidelines …

The use of point-of-care (POC) immunoassays has increased significantly and the menu of
analytes continues to expand. Most of the rapid immunoassays are currently based on …

Study Objective: B-Type natriuretic peptide (BNP) is a neurohormone secreted from the
cardiac ventricles in response to volume expansion and pressure overload. We have …

Background: The diagnosis and management of acute ischemic stroke are limited by the
lack of rapid diagnostic assays for use in an emergency setting. Computed tomography (CT) …

BACKGROUND: Despite improved laboratory assays for cardiac markers and a revised
standard for definition of myocardial infarction (AMI), early detection of coronary ischemia in …