Aims We determined the accuracy, safety and clinical predictive value of stress
echocardiography (SE) as a risk stratification tool for myocardial ischaemia when …

Background—Clinical assessment often cannot reliably or rapidly risk stratify patients
hospitalized with suspected acute coronary syndrome. The real-world clinical value of stress …

Background: Stress echocardiography is a very useful diagnostic and prognostic test in the
evaluation of significant coronary artery disease (CAD) causing inducible myocardial …

Background: Chest pain and other symptoms concerning for acute coronary syndrome
(ACS) are the leading causes of adult emergency department (ED) visits in the United States …

Background: Stress echocardiography (SE) is commonly used in ED patients with symptoms
concerning for acute coronary syndrome (ACS). Prior studies have found the false positive …

Background: Stress echocardiography is well validated in the assessment of patients with
suspected coronary artery disease. We performed a retrospective review to assess the …

Background Stress echocardiography is a widely used, non-invasive imaging modality used
to identify prognostically significant coronary artery disease. High levels of accuracy have …

Introduction A significant proportion of hospital admissions consist of patients with suspected
acute coronary syndrome (ACS), a non-diagnostic ECG and a normal 12-h troponin who …

Background Acute chest pain accounts for a substantial proportion of patients attending the
Emergency Department (ED). Initial investigations are frequently inconclusive and many …

Background The 2011 Appropriate Use Criteria (AUC) guideline allows for classification of
the appropriateness of stress echocardiograms (SE). Little is known about the …