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 …

Value and limitations of chest pain history in the evaluation of patients with suspected acute coronary syndromes

CJ Swap, JT Nagurney - Jama, 2005 - jamanetwork.com
ContextThe chest pain history, physical examination, determination of coronary artery
disease (CAD) risk factors, and the initial electrocardiogram compose the information …

Stress echocardiography expert consensus statement: European Association of Echocardiography (EAE)(a registered branch of the ESC)

R Sicari, P Nihoyannopoulos… - European Journal of …, 2008 - academic.oup.com
Stress echocardiography is the combination of 2D echocardiography with a physical,
pharmacological or electrical stress. The diagnostic end point for the detection of myocardial …

JCS/JSCVS 2018 guideline on revascularization of stable coronary artery disease

M Nakamura, H Yaku, J Ako, H Arai, T Asai… - Circulation …, 2022 - jstage.jst.go.jp
The Japanese Circulation Society (JCS) published the “Guidelines for elective percutaneous
coronary intervention [PCI] in patients with stable coronary disease” in 2000. In 2006 …

New risk score for patients with acute chest pain, non-ST-segment deviation, and normal troponin concentrations: a comparison with the TIMI risk score

J Sanchis, V Bodí, J Núñez… - Journal of the American …, 2005 - jacc.org
Objectives: The purpose of this research was to develop a risk score for patients with chest
pain, non-ST-segment deviation electrocardiogram (ECG), and normal troponin levels …

Relationship between low lymphocyte count and major cardiac events in patients with acute chest pain, a non-diagnostic electrocardiogram and normal troponin …

J Núñez, J Sanchis, V Bodí, E Núñez, L Mainar… - Atherosclerosis, 2009 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: Risk stratification of patients with acute chest pain, non-diagnostic
electrocardiogram and normal troponin (ACPneg) remains a challenge, partly because no …

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 …

Incremental diagnostic and prognostic value of contemporary stress echocardiography in a chest pain unit: mortality and morbidity outcomes from a real-world setting

BN Shah, G Balaji, A Alhajiri, IS Ramzy… - Circulation …, 2013 - Am Heart Assoc
Background—Clinical assessment often cannot reliably or rapidly risk stratify patients
hospitalized with suspected acute coronary syndrome. The real-world clinical value of stress …

Comparison of early dobutamine stress echocardiography and exercise electrocardiographic testing for management of patients presenting to the emergency …

G Nucifora, LP Badano, N Sarraf-Zadegan… - The American journal of …, 2007 - Elsevier
This study compared the cost-effectiveness of dobutamine-atropine stress echocardiography
(DASE) and electrocardiographic exercise testing (EET) implemented in emergency …

Chest pain in the emergency department: incidence, clinical characteristics, and risk stratification

M Martínez-Sellés, H Bueno, A Sacristán… - Revista Española de …, 2008 - Elsevier
INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES: Although chest pain is a common presenting symptom
in emergency departments, its clinical management is highly variable. Our aims were to …