Why the study?
Does myocardial perfusion imaging with SPECT improve cost-effectiveness and management in patients presenting to the emergency department with unexplained chest pain?
Does myocardial perfusion imaging with SPECT improve cost-effectiveness and management in patients presenting to the emergency department with unexplained chest pain?
Prompt myocardial perfusion imaging with SPECT in the emergency department for unexplained chest pain is cost-effective and safely alters clinical management decisions.
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May support cost savings and diagnostic confidence in ED chest pain; leaves open need for randomized confirmation before practice change.
Weissman et al. (1996) studied this question.
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