title: Clinical outcome of patients evaluated with emergency centre myocardial perfusion SPET for unexplained chest pain.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, MI, USA.
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Stewart
authors.forename: C Z
authors.initials: CZ
authors.lastname: Dickinson
authors.forename: I A
authors.initials: IA
authors.lastname: Weissman
authors.forename: W W
authors.initials: WW
authors.lastname: O'Neill
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Dworkin
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Juni
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D017256:Technetium Tc 99m Sestamibi