Comparison of Myocardial Perfusion Imaging and Cardiac Troponin I in Patients Admitted to the Emergency Department With Chest Pain
- 27 April 1999
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Circulation
- Vol. 99 (16) , 2073-2078
- https://doi.org/10.1161/01.cir.99.16.2073
Abstract
Background—Identification of patients with acute coronary syndromes (ACS) among those who present to emergency departments with possible myocardial ischemia is difficult. Myocardial perfusion imagi...Keywords
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