title: Utility of stress echocardiography in the triage of patients with atypical chest pain from the emergency department.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Ochsner Medical Foundation, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Colon
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Guarisco
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Murgo
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cheirif
mesh_terms: 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*