Echocardiography to Supplement Stress Electrocardiography in Emergency Department Chest Pain Patients

Echocardiography to Supplement Stress Electrocardiography in Emergency Department Chest Pain Patients

Introduction: Chest pain (CP) patients in the Emergency Department (ED) present a diagnostic dilemma, with a low prevalence of coronary disease but grave consequences with misdiagnosis. A common diagnostic strategy involves ED cardiac monitoring while excluding myocardial necrosis, followed by stres...

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Main Authors: Langdorf, Mark I, Wei, Eric, Ghobadi, Ali, Rudkin, Scott E., Lotfipour, Shahram
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eScholarship Publishing, University of California 2010-09-01
Series:Western Journal of Emergency Medicine
Subjects:
stress echo
stress ECG
chest pain unit
Online Access:http://escholarship.org/uc/item/5r61g4bj

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