Coronary Disease in Emergency Department Chest Pain Patients with Recent Negative Stress Testing
- Resource Type
- article
- Authors
- Walker, Jonathan; Galuska, Michael; Vega, David
- Source
- Western Journal of Emergency Medicine, Vol 11, Iss 4, Pp 384-388 (2010)
- Subject
- Chest pain
cardiac stress test
Medicine
Medical emergencies. Critical care. Intensive care. First aid
RC86-88.9
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 1936-900X
1936-9018
87925303
Background: Cardiac stress tests for diagnosis of coronary artery disease (CAD) are incompletely sensitive and specific.Objective: We examined the frequency of significant CAD in patients presenting to the emergency department (ED) with chest pain who have had a recent negative or inconclusive (