Role of technetium-99m sestamibi myocardial imaging in the emergency department evaluation of chest pain.
The use of technetium-99m sestamibi myocardial imaging is rapidly becoming a state of the art methodology for the emergency department evaluation of patients with chest pain. The following case report represents the first emergency department sestamibi scan ordered at the University of Mississippi Medical Center and is used to discuss the logistics and indications for such tests. A general guideline for ordering sestamibi scans has been developed for use in the emergency department.
Summers
R L
RL
Department of Emergency Medicine, University of MS Medical Center, Jackson 39216, USA.
Tisdale
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B
Kolb
J C
JC
Woodward
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LA
D000328:Adult; D000465:Algorithms; D002637:Chest Pain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D005260:Female; D006321:Heart / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D017256:Technetium Tc 99m Sestamibi
D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D017256:Technetium Tc 99m Sestamibi