Cost Comparison of Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Use in Emergency Department (ED) Patients With Chest Pain

Clinical Trial ID NCT00678639

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1 The TIMI risk score for unstable angina/non-ST elevation MI: A method for prognostication and therapeutic decision making. JAMA 2000 12.86
2 The STARD statement for reporting studies of diagnostic accuracy: explanation and elaboration. Ann Intern Med 2003 10.28
3 Missed diagnoses of acute cardiac ischemia in the emergency department. N Engl J Med 2000 9.52
4 Myocardial infarction redefined--a consensus document of The Joint European Society of Cardiology/American College of Cardiology Committee for the redefinition of myocardial infarction. Eur Heart J 2000 8.43
5 A clinical trial of a chest-pain observation unit for patients with unstable angina. Chest Pain Evaluation in the Emergency Room (CHEER) Investigators. N Engl J Med 1998 5.67
6 ACC/AHA 2002 guideline update for the management of patients with unstable angina and non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction--summary article: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association task force on practice guidelines (Committee on the Management of Patients With Unstable Angina). J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 4.64
7 ACC/AHA 2002 guideline update for exercise testing: summary article. A report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Committee to Update the 1997 Exercise Testing Guidelines). J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 4.48
8 Randomised controlled trial and economic evaluation of a chest pain observation unit compared with routine care. BMJ 2004 3.99
9 Myocardial perfusion imaging for evaluation and triage of patients with suspected acute cardiac ischemia: a randomized controlled trial. JAMA 2002 3.65
10 Off-pump vs conventional coronary artery bypass grafting: early and 1-year graft patency, cost, and quality-of-life outcomes: a randomized trial. JAMA 2004 3.48
11 Noninvasive diagnosis of ischemia-induced wall motion abnormalities with the use of high-dose dobutamine stress MRI: comparison with dobutamine stress echocardiography. Circulation 1999 3.44
12 Assessment of non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes with cardiac magnetic resonance imaging. J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 2.88
13 ACC/AHA/ASNC guidelines for the clinical use of cardiac radionuclide imaging--executive summary: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (ACC/AHA/ASNC Committee to Revise the 1995 Guidelines for the Clinical Use of Cardiac Radionuclide Imaging). J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 2.88
14 Exercise-induced ST depression in the diagnosis of coronary artery disease. A meta-analysis. Circulation 1989 2.70
15 Utility of fast cine magnetic resonance imaging and display for the detection of myocardial ischemia in patients not well suited for second harmonic stress echocardiography. Circulation 1999 2.42
16 Detecting acute coronary syndrome in the emergency department with cardiac magnetic resonance imaging. Circulation 2003 2.14
17 American College of Cardiology/Society for Cardiac Angiography and Interventions Clinical Expert Consensus Document on cardiac catheterization laboratory standards. A report of the American College of Cardiology Task Force on Clinical Expert Consensus Documents. J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 2.09
18 Magnetic resonance imaging determination of cardiac prognosis. Circulation 2002 1.99
19 The diagnostic accuracy of the exercise electrocardiogram: a meta-analysis of 22 years of research. Prog Cardiovasc Dis 1989 1.88
20 Methodology, feasibility, safety and diagnostic accuracy of dobutamine stress echocardiography. J Am Coll Cardiol 1997 1.72
21 Effect of exercise treadmill testing and stress imaging on the triage of patients with chest pain: CHEER substudy. Mayo Clin Proc 2005 1.69
22 Safety and prognostic value of early dobutamine-atropine stress echocardiography in patients with spontaneous chest pain and a non-diagnostic electrocardiogram. Eur Heart J 2000 1.55
23 Validated risk stratification model accurately predicts low risk in patients with unstable angina. J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 1.54
24 Comprehensive strategy for the evaluation and triage of the chest pain patient. Ann Emerg Med 1997 1.46
25 Safety of stress testing during the evolution of unstable angina pectoris or non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction. Am J Cardiol 2004 1.40
26 Stress cardiac magnetic resonance imaging with observation unit care reduces cost for patients with emergent chest pain: a randomized trial. Ann Emerg Med 2010 1.27
27 Stress CMR imaging observation unit in the emergency department reduces 1-year medical care costs in patients with acute chest pain: a randomized study for comparison with inpatient care. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging 2011 1.07
28 Technetium-99m sestamibi myocardial perfusion imaging in the emergency room evaluation of chest pain. J Am Coll Cardiol 1994 1.07
29 Standardized reporting guidelines for studies evaluating risk stratification of ED patients with potential acute coronary syndromes. Acad Emerg Med 2004 1.04
30 An economic analysis of an aggressive diagnostic strategy with single photon emission computed tomography myocardial perfusion imaging and early exercise stress testing in emergency department patients who present with chest pain but nondiagnostic electrocardiograms: results from a randomized trial. Ann Emerg Med 2000 1.00
31 Are we appropriately triaging patients with unstable angina? Am Heart J 2005 0.88
32 Magnetic resonance imaging assessment of cardiac function. Curr Cardiol Rep 2003 0.84
33 Updated management of non-st-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes: selection of patients for low-cost care: an analysis of outcome and cost effectiveness. Med Sci Monit 2005 0.81
34 A comparison trial for stratifying intermediate-risk chest pain: benefits of emergency department observation centers. Prev Cardiol 2002 0.76
35 Economic consequences of routine coronary angiography in low- and intermediate-risk patients with unstable angina pectoris. Am J Cardiol 2003 0.75
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