Acute Myocardial Infarction

Heart imaging procedure improves triaging of emergency patients with chest pain

Published in Heart Disease Weekly, January 19th, 2003

Patients who report to a emergency department with chest pain without obvious abnormalities on their initial ECG can be effectively triaged by undergoing a special heart imaging procedure, according to new research.

Each year in the United States, more than 6 million patients present to emergency departments (EDs) with chest pain or other symptoms suggestive of acute cardiac ischemia [insufficient supply of blood to the heart]. The majority of these patients are admitted to the hospital or to an observation unit, because the initial clinical examination, electrocardiogram (ECG) results, and initial cardiac enzyme levels are insufficient to eliminate the possibility of...

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Source: Heart Disease Weekly (2003-01-19)

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