Efficacy Evaluation of the HEART Pathway in Emergency Department Patients With Acute Chest Pain (HEART Pathway)

Clinical Trial ID NCT01665521

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1 Heart disease and stroke statistics--2011 update: a report from the American Heart Association. Circulation 2010 30.07
2 Heart disease and stroke statistics--2007 update: a report from the American Heart Association Statistics Committee and Stroke Statistics Subcommittee. Circulation 2006 19.43
3 Chronic disease management: what will it take to improve care for chronic illness? Eff Clin Pract 1999 16.57
4 Universal definition of myocardial infarction. Circulation 2007 11.69
5 ACC/AHA 2007 guidelines for the management of patients with unstable angina/non-ST-Elevation myocardial infarction: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Writing Committee to Revise the 2002 Guidelines for the Management of Patients With Unstable Angina/Non-ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction) developed in collaboration with the American College of Emergency Physicians, the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions, and the Society of Thoracic Surgeons endorsed by the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation and the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine. J Am Coll Cardiol 2007 10.19
6 Missed diagnoses of acute cardiac ischemia in the emergency department. N Engl J Med 2000 9.52
7 Estimating risk of cancer associated with radiation exposure from 64-slice computed tomography coronary angiography. JAMA 2007 8.88
8 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
9 ACC/AHA 2007 guidelines for the management of patients with unstable angina/non ST-elevation myocardial infarction: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Writing Committee to Revise the 2002 Guidelines for the Management of Patients With Unstable Angina/Non ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction): developed in collaboration with the American College of Emergency Physicians, the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions, and the Society of Thoracic Surgeons: endorsed by the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation and the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine. Circulation 2007 6.78
10 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
11 A 2-h diagnostic protocol to assess patients with chest pain symptoms in the Asia-Pacific region (ASPECT): a prospective observational validation study. Lancet 2011 5.61
12 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
13 The association between hospital overcrowding and mortality among patients admitted via Western Australian emergency departments. Med J Aust 2006 4.08
14 A randomized controlled trial of multi-slice coronary computed tomography for evaluation of acute chest pain. J Am Coll Cardiol 2007 3.83
15 2-Hour accelerated diagnostic protocol to assess patients with chest pain symptoms using contemporary troponins as the only biomarker: the ADAPT trial. J Am Coll Cardiol 2012 3.15
16 National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2004 emergency department summary. Adv Data 2006 3.06
17 An emergency department-based protocol for rapidly ruling out myocardial ischemia reduces hospital time and expense: results of a randomized study (ROMIO). J Am Coll Cardiol 1996 2.46
18 2011 ACCF/AHA Focused Update of the Guidelines for the Management of Patients With Unstable Angina/ Non-ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction (Updating the 2007 Guideline): a report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines. Circulation 2011 2.45
19 Clinical value of acute rest technetium-99m tetrofosmin tomographic myocardial perfusion imaging in patients with acute chest pain and nondiagnostic electrocardiograms. J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 2.10
20 Safety and efficiency of emergency department assessment of chest discomfort. CMAJ 2004 2.09
21 Decreased health care quality associated with emergency department overcrowding. Eur J Emerg Med 1999 2.01
22 Chest pain in the emergency room: value of the HEART score. Neth Heart J 2008 1.83
23 Development of a clinical prediction rule for 30-day cardiac events in emergency department patients with chest pain and possible acute coronary syndrome. Ann Emerg Med 2011 1.78
24 Chest pain in the emergency room: a multicenter validation of the HEART Score. Crit Pathw Cardiol 2010 1.74
25 Methodology, feasibility, safety and diagnostic accuracy of dobutamine stress echocardiography. J Am Coll Cardiol 1997 1.72
26 Emergency department care in the United States: a profile of national data sources. Ann Emerg Med 2010 1.72
27 The HEART Pathway randomized trial: identifying emergency department patients with acute chest pain for early discharge. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes 2015 1.72
28 A critical pathway for patients with acute chest pain and low risk for short-term adverse cardiac events: role of outpatient stress testing. Ann Emerg Med 2006 1.64
29 Myeloperoxidase in the diagnosis of acute coronary syndromes: the importance of spectrum. Am Heart J 2011 1.59
30 Part 9: Acute coronary syndromes: 2010 International Consensus on Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care Science With Treatment Recommendations. Circulation 2010 1.45
31 A prospective validation of the HEART score for chest pain patients at the emergency department. Int J Cardiol 2013 1.43
32 Can the HEART score safely reduce stress testing and cardiac imaging in patients at low risk for major adverse cardiac events? Crit Pathw Cardiol 2011 1.43
33 From theory to practice: implementation of pre-hospital electrocardiogram transmission in ST-elevation myocardial infarction - a multicenter experience. J Invasive Cardiol 2010 1.38
34 Electronic medical record review as a surrogate to telephone follow-up to establish outcome for diagnostic research studies in the emergency department. Acad Emerg Med 2005 1.32
35 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
36 Issues regarding radiation dosage of cardiac nuclear and radiography procedures. J Nucl Cardiol 2006 1.19
37 The effect of physician risk tolerance and the presence of an observation unit on decision making for ED patients with chest pain. Am J Emerg Med 2010 1.09
38 Patient related factors in frequent readmissions: the influence of condition, access to services and patient choice. BMC Health Serv Res 2010 1.09
39 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
40 Standardized reporting guidelines for studies evaluating risk stratification of ED patients with potential acute coronary syndromes. Acad Emerg Med 2004 1.04
41 Critical pathways for patients with acute chest pain at low risk. J Thromb Thrombolysis 2002 0.97
42 Do emergency physicians use serum D-dimer effectively to determine the need for CT when evaluating patients for pulmonary embolism? Review of 5,344 consecutive patients. AJR Am J Roentgenol 2009 0.96
43 Guideline implementation research: exploring the gap between evidence and practice in the CRUSADE Quality Improvement Initiative. Acad Emerg Med 2007 0.90
44 Provider-directed imaging stress testing reduces health care expenditures in lower-risk chest pain patients presenting to the emergency department. Circ Cardiovasc Imaging 2011 0.89
45 Role of a quantitative D-dimer assay in determining the need for CT angiography of acute pulmonary embolism. AJR Am J Roentgenol 2004 0.87
46 Risk stratification of emergency department patients with chest pain: the need for standardized reporting guidelines. Ann Emerg Med 2004 0.87
47 False positive dobutamine stress echocardiograms: characterization of clinical, echocardiographic and angiographic findings. J Am Coll Cardiol 1994 0.86
48 Inappropriate use of D-dimer assay and pulmonary CT angiography in the evaluation of suspected acute pulmonary embolism. Am J Med Qual 2011 0.85
49 Predictors of image quality of coronary computed tomography in the acute care setting of patients with chest pain. Eur J Radiol 2009 0.82
50 The false positive stress test. Multivariate analysis of 215 subjects with hemodynamic, angiographic and clinical data. Am J Cardiol 1977 0.82
51 Re-admissions among patients with acute chest pain who were discharged from the emergency department. Eur J Emerg Med 1996 0.81
52 Emergency department patient compliance with follow-up for outpatient exercise stress testing: a randomized controlled trial. CJEM 2007 0.81
53 Performance of the EDACS-accelerated Diagnostic Pathway in a Cohort of US Patients with Acute Chest Pain. Crit Pathw Cardiol 2015 0.80
54 Characteristics and long-term outcome of patients with acute chest pain or other symptoms raising suspicion of acute myocardial infarction in relation to whether they were hospitalized or directly discharged from the emergency department. Coron Artery Dis 2002 0.78
55 Adherence to an Accelerated Diagnostic Protocol for Chest Pain: Secondary Analysis of the HEART Pathway Randomized Trial. Acad Emerg Med 2015 0.78
56 Physician practice patterns in acute coronary syndromes: an initial report of an individual quality improvement program. Crit Pathw Cardiol 2010 0.75
57 Appraisal of false positive results in nuclear cardiac imaging. Am Heart J 1990 0.75
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