Clinical outcome of patients evaluated with emergency centre myocardial perfusion SPET for unexplained chest pain.
The clinical outcome of 68 patients with unexplained chest pain triaged with emergency centre (EC) SPET myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) was assessed at 9 month follow-up. Based on clinical presentation and EC-MPI, 63% (43/68) of patients were discharged from the EC; 84% (36/43) of these patients reported no further symptoms at follow-up. There were no adverse clinical events in patients with totally normal EC-MPI.
Stewart
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Department of Nuclear Medicine, William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, MI, USA.
Dickinson
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Weissman
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O'Neill
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Dworkin
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Juni
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D002637:Chest Pain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D004630:Emergencies; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006321:Heart / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction; D018579:Patient Selection; D017256:Technetium Tc 99m Sestamibi / Q000627:therapeutic use; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014218:Triage
D017256:Technetium Tc 99m Sestamibi