1998
Clinical Value of Acute Rest Technetium-99m Tetrofosmin Tomographic Myocardial Perfusion Imaging in Patients With Acute Chest Pain and Nondiagnostic Electrocardiograms
Heller G, Stowers S, Hendel R, Herman S, Daher E, Ahlberg A, Baron J, de Leon C, Rizzo J, Wackers F. Clinical Value of Acute Rest Technetium-99m Tetrofosmin Tomographic Myocardial Perfusion Imaging in Patients With Acute Chest Pain and Nondiagnostic Electrocardiograms. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 1998, 31: 1011-1017. PMID: 9562001, DOI: 10.1016/s0735-1097(98)00057-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute myocardial infarctionTomographic myocardial perfusionMyocardial infarctionChest painNondiagnostic electrocardiogramEmergency departmentHospital periodHospital admissionRest technetiumTetrofosmin SPECTMyocardial perfusionLow cardiac event rateTetrofosmin single photon emissionMultiple logistic regression analysisAcute chest painCardiac event rateNormal SPECT imagesMean cost savingsUnnecessary hospital admissionsLogistic regression analysisSingle photon emissionSPECT imagesAbnormal SPECTCardiac eventsRest Tc
1997
Prognostic value of normal rest tetrofosmin spect in patients with acute chest pain and nondiagnostic ECG in emergency department
Wackers F, Heller G, Stowers S, Hendel R, Herman S, Baron J, Daher E. Prognostic value of normal rest tetrofosmin spect in patients with acute chest pain and nondiagnostic ECG in emergency department. Journal Of Nuclear Cardiology 1997, 4: s26. DOI: 10.1016/s1071-3581(97)91217-4.Peer-Reviewed Original Research