TY - JOUR
T1 - Utility and diagnostic accuracy of hand-carried ultrasound for emergency room evaluation of chest pain
AU - Atar, Shaul
AU - Feldman, Alexander
AU - Darawshe, Aziz
AU - Siegel, Robert J.
AU - Rosenfeld, Tiberio
PY - 2004/8/1
Y1 - 2004/8/1
N2 - This study examined the utility and accuracy of immediate hand-carried echocardiography in patients presenting to the emergency room with chest pain and a normal or nondiagnostic electrocardiogram. Hand-carried echocardiography was highly concordant (κ = 0.8) with troponin T tests as well as the discharge diagnosis of acute coronary syndrome, had a 100% sensitivity for the detection of acute coronary syndrome, 93% specificity, and 71% and 100% positive and negative predictive values, respectively.
AB - This study examined the utility and accuracy of immediate hand-carried echocardiography in patients presenting to the emergency room with chest pain and a normal or nondiagnostic electrocardiogram. Hand-carried echocardiography was highly concordant (κ = 0.8) with troponin T tests as well as the discharge diagnosis of acute coronary syndrome, had a 100% sensitivity for the detection of acute coronary syndrome, 93% specificity, and 71% and 100% positive and negative predictive values, respectively.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.amjcard.2004.04.052
DO - 10.1016/j.amjcard.2004.04.052
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C2 - 15276122
AN - SCOPUS:3242707029
SN - 0002-9149
VL - 94
SP - 408
EP - 409
JO - American Journal of Cardiology
JF - American Journal of Cardiology
IS - 3
ER -