Usefulness of pharmacologic stress echocardiography in a chest pain center.
We tested the value of a stress echocardiography-based algorithm used in a chest pain center. The algorithm had superlative negative predictive value for cardiac events, allowing an early discharge.
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Instituto Cardiovascular de Rosario, Argentina. eclaandres@infovia.com.ar
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D000208:Acute Disease; D000787:Angina Pectoris / Q000175:diagnosis; D001285:Atropine; D002316:Cardiotonic Agents; D002637:Chest Pain / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004176:Dipyridamole; D004280:Dobutamine; D004452:Echocardiography / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005080:Exercise Test / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010276:Parasympatholytics; D012307:Risk Factors; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D014665:Vasodilator Agents
D002316:Cardiotonic Agents; D010276:Parasympatholytics; D014665:Vasodilator Agents; D004280:Dobutamine; D004176:Dipyridamole; D001285:Atropine