Rationale and Design of a Randomized Trial Comparing Initial Stress Echocardiography versus Coronary CT Angiography in Low‐to‐Intermediate Risk Emergency Department Patients with Chest Pain
Levsky J, Haramati L, Taub C, Spevack D, Menegus M, Travin M, Vega S, Lerer R, Brown‐Manhertz D, Hirschhorn E, Tobin J, Garcia M. Rationale and Design of a Randomized Trial Comparing Initial Stress Echocardiography versus Coronary CT Angiography in Low‐to‐Intermediate Risk Emergency Department Patients with Chest Pain. Echocardiography 2013, 31: 744-750. PMID: 24372760, DOI: 10.1111/echo.12464.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAged, 80 and overCausalityChest PainComorbidityCoronary AngiographyCoronary Artery DiseaseEchocardiographyEmergency Service, HospitalExercise TestFemaleHealth Care CostsHospitalizationHumansIncidenceMaleMiddle AgedNew YorkResearch DesignRisk AssessmentTomography, X-Ray ComputedYoung AdultConceptsTreadmill stress echocardiographyStress echocardiographyEmergency departmentComparative effectiveness researchChest painED chest pain patientsMajor adverse cardiovascular eventsRisk Emergency Department PatientsSignificant coronary artery diseaseED/hospitalAcute chest painAdverse cardiovascular eventsIncidence of hospitalizationChest pain patientsCoronary artery diseaseEmergency department patientsImaging modalitiesLength of stayCoronary CT angiographyDecrease healthcare expendituresNoninvasive diagnostic algorithmCost of careNoninvasive imaging modalityCardiovascular eventsObservational registry