Myocardial Perfusion Imaging in Emergency Department Patients With Negative Cardiac Biomarkers | Zendy

Paul Cremer | Zendy; Shaden Khalaf | Zendy; Shikhar Agarwal | Zendy; Ellen Mayer-Sabik | Zendy; Stephen G. Ellis | Zendy; Venu Me | Zendy; Manuel D. Cerqueira | Zendy; Wael A. Jaber | Zendy

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Myocardial Perfusion Imaging in Emergency Department Patients With Negative Cardiac Biomarkers

Author(s) -

Paul Cremer,

Shaden Khalaf,

Shikhar Agarwal,

Ellen Mayer-Sabik,

Stephen G. Ellis,

Venu Me,

Manuel D. Cerqueira,

Wael A. Jaber

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

circulation cardiovascular imaging

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.584

H-Index - 99

eISSN - 1942-0080

pISSN - 1941-9651

DOI - 10.1161/circimaging.114.002401

Subject(s) - medicine , timi , cardiology , revascularization , myocardial infarction , hazard ratio , myocardial perfusion imaging , troponin , emergency department , thrombolysis , coronary artery disease , confidence interval , psychiatry

In patients with possible acute coronary syndromes, guidelines recommend routine provocative testing after negative cardiac biomarkers. We hypothesized that myocardial perfusion imaging would be low yield with limited short-term value and that early revascularization would not affect mortality.

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