Chest PainDiagnosis, DifferentialIdentifying the cause of recurrent chest pain may be difficult. Significant coronary artery disease must be excluded before patients can be assured that their symptoms are truly
A high-sensitivity blood test will allow patients feeling chest pains to learn almost immediately whether they’re having a heart attack. Doctors in emergency rooms will now be able to successfully diagnose heart attacks faster and more accurately with a new high-sensitivity blood test, according t...
The three distinct roles of CT coronary angiography in chest pain diagnostic pathways – the Waitemata District Health Board experienceconsumer behaviourmotivationpackage holidayssocial behaviourtravelThis volume presents contributions to the debate on transitional and long-term development issues in South ...
Information sheets for patients with acute chest pain: randomised controlled trial. BMJ. 2009;338:b54119246544PubMedGoogle ScholarCrossref 43. Petrie KJ, Müller JT, Schirmbeck F, et al. Effect of providing information about normal test results on patients' reassurance: randomised controlled trial...
Because it saves diagnostic time for patients, the rapid CLIA system is widely used in outpatient clinics, emergency departments and chest pain centers. To further improve diagnostic efficiency, we have developed whole blood and peripheral blood testing reagents that allow the laboratory technician to ...
They discussed and decided on the most likely etiology of the individual patient’s chest pain at the time of the index test (delayed type reference standard). The PCP’s initial diagnosis was considered among other clinical data. Digitalization of pain mapping information To be able to perform...
Eslick GD. Usefulness of chest pain character and location as diagnostic indicators of an acute coronary syndrome. Am J Cardiol 2005;95:1228-1231.Eslick GD. Usefulness of chest pain character and location as diagnostic indicators of an acute coronary syndrome. Am J Card 2005; 95: 1228-1231....
For patients with stable chest pain, the pre-test probability of CAD can be estimated easily based on clinical variables, such as age, sex, and type of chest pain. Traditionally, the Diamond and Forrester estimates (8) have been used, as currently recommended by the American College of Cardi...
摘要: Presents a study that evaluates the cost-effectiveness of diagnostic strategies for patients with chest pain. Exercise electrocardiography; Echocardiography; Single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT); Coronary angiography; Quality-adjusted life expectancy; Lifetime cost....
nv(〈chest_pain,severe〉,men)=pathological. Finally, let the following functional statement: cr(X,Y,PO)=z express that thecausal relevance,cr, of eventXto eventYin the populationPOequalsz. For instance, it may be that cr(smoking, angina pectoris, diabetics) = 0.3, whereas cr(smoking, an...