Myocardial contrast echocardiography in the emergency department

J. Todd Belcik; Jonathan R. Lindner

doi:10.1007/978-1-84882-027-2_28

Myocardial contrast echocardiography in the emergency department

J. Todd Belcik, Jonathan R. Lindner

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Abstract

Emergency departments across the United States annually treat close to 6 million patients who present with chest pain (CP).1 Only a minority of these patients (10-30%) are ultimately diagnosed as having an acute myocardial infarction or acute coronary syndrome (ACS).2, 3 Yet, many patients with noncardiac CP are admitted to the hospital or to observation units incurring enormous burden to the health-care system. It has been estimated that the majority of patients admitted to the hospital with CP have a noncardiac etiology.1 Of those who do have ACS, the standard diagnostic algorithms that are currently employed are frequently nondiagnostic, leading to a delayed or even missed diagnosis.2-4

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Echocardiography in Acute Coronary Syndrome
Subtitle of host publication	Diagnosis, Treatment and Prevention
Publisher	Springer London
Pages	415-425
Number of pages	11
ISBN (Print)	9781848820265
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84882-027-2_28
State	Published - 2009

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