An evaluation of technologies for identifying acute cardiac ischemia in the emergency department: a report from a National Heart Attack Alert Program Working Group

Ann Emerg Med. 1997 Jan;29(1):13-87. doi: 10.1016/s0196-0644(97)70298-1.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Multicenter Study

MeSH terms

  • Acute Disease
  • Body Surface Potential Mapping
  • Clinical Trials as Topic
  • Creatine Kinase / blood*
  • Decision Making, Computer-Assisted*
  • Echocardiography*
  • Electrocardiography* / economics
  • Electrocardiography* / instrumentation
  • Electrocardiography* / methods
  • Emergency Medical Services / methods
  • Emergency Medical Services / standards*
  • Emergency Service, Hospital / standards*
  • Evaluation Studies as Topic
  • Exercise Test
  • Humans
  • Medical Laboratory Science / standards
  • Myocardial Ischemia / diagnosis*
  • Myocardial Ischemia / diagnostic imaging
  • Myocardial Ischemia / enzymology
  • Myocardial Ischemia / metabolism
  • Myocardial Ischemia / physiopathology
  • Predictive Value of Tests
  • Prospective Studies
  • Radionuclide Imaging
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Technetium Tc 99m Sestamibi*
  • Thallium Radioisotopes*
  • United States

Substances

  • Thallium Radioisotopes
  • Technetium Tc 99m Sestamibi
  • Creatine Kinase