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1. Improving Risk Stratification for Cardiovascular Disease

   ... coronary artery disease (CAD) is the cause of a patient’s chest pain. While SPECT will continue to play a role in this patient ... presents with silent ischemia, atypical symptoms or nonspecific functional status deterioration, making it challenging to identify ...

   mrivera - 2013-01-16 10:33

2. How will Comparative Effectiveness Research Impact Molecular Imaging?

   ... (CCTA), for example, lead to better outcomes in acute chest pain patients compared with SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging? SPECT has ... of 18F-FDDNP binding in subcortical structures suggests nonspecific binding. (J Nucl Med. Tolboom et al. 50 (2): 191) ...

   chunter - 2013-01-16 10:31

3. Report: Cards to curb imaging orders

   ... 11 cardiac indications, including new and chronic angina, nonspecific chest pain, congestive heart failure, survivors of myocardial infarction, ...

   lfratt - 2012-02-10 14:13

4. AJR: CT use growing in pregnant women

   Chest and abdominopelvic CT studies in pregnant women are growing at 75 and 22 ... exams). Among abdominopelvic studies, right lower quadrant pain with suspected appendicitis accounted for 50 of 86 studies, while trauma and nonspecific abdominal pain made up 14 and 11 of the additional studies, ...

   cvansonnenberg - 2011-01-20 14:23

5. AHRQ: Diabetes accounts for one-fifth of U.S hospitalizations, costs $83B

   ... coronary atherosclerosis, acute myocardial infarction, nonspecific chest pain and cardiac dysrhythmias. The rates of hospital stays for ...

   jbyers - 2010-08-17 13:18

6. AHRQ: Cardiac procedures on the rise, gender variations persist

   ... heart-related conditions, women were hospitalized for more non-specific chest pain stays compared to men, 55 percent versus 45 percent. Data also ...

   kdmyterko - 2010-04-01 16:35

7. Study: Nonspecific chest pain leads to unnecessary diagnostic testing

   Approximately half of all patients presenting with nonspecific chest pain are not provided symptom relief by way of standard medical care and ...

   gnarcisi - 2010-02-10 14:35

8. AJR: Prospective ECG triggering, not retrospective gating, may lower CT dose

   For long-z-axis whole-chest 64-multidetector CT of emergency department patients with nonspecific chest pain, the use of prospective ECG triggering may result in substantially lower ...

   jcadet - 2009-05-22 17:12

9. Weight limits restrict imaging needs of obese gastric bypass patients

   ... patients with suspected lung blood clots could not undergo a chest CT. Of two patients who came in with nonspecific abdominal pain, one was evaluated with ultrasound and the other one ...

   trimedstaff - 2007-11-27 15:54