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Stress echocardiography in the district hospital setting: a cost-saving analysis

Author(s) -

Nic Wennike,

Benoy N. Shah,

E. Boger,

R. Senior,

Kim Greaves

Publication year - 2010

Publication title -

european journal of echocardiography

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 1525-2167

pISSN - 1532-2114

DOI - 10.1093/ejechocard/jep223

Subject(s) - medicine , stress echocardiography , chest pain , coronary artery disease , radiology , workload , stress testing (software) , treadmill , angiography , scintigraphy , myocardial perfusion scintigraphy , cardiology , emergency medicine , coronary angiography , myocardial infarction , computer science , operating system , programming language

Accurate and cost-effective techniques are required for investigating patients experiencing chest pain, given the significant workload this patient cohort represents. We determined the cost impact of stress echocardiography compared with myocardial perfusion scintigraphy and coronary angiography in the investigation of patients with chest pain deemed unsuitable for exercise treadmill testing.

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