Utility of stress echocardiography in the triage of patients with atypical chest pain from the emergency department.
We followed 108 patients presenting to the emergency department with atypical chest pain and triaged with stress echocardiography. One-year cardiac event-free survival was 100% with a negative stress echocardiogram and 25% with a positive study.
Colon
P J
PJ
Department of Cardiology, Ochsner Medical Foundation, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
Guarisco
J S
JS
Murgo
J
J
Cheirif
J
J
D000368:Aged; D002637:Chest Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D004452:Echocardiography; D004562:Electrocardiography; D004630:Emergencies; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D005080:Exercise Test; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011379:Prognosis; D014218:Triage / Q000379:methods*