Impact of rubidium imaging availability on management of patients with acute chest pain.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Evaluate the impact of 82-Rubidium positron emission tomography (PET) myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) availability on patient management presenting at the emergency department (ED) with chest pain (CP).

Methods

This is a single-center retrospective study of clinical databases. Patients presenting with CP with a non-definitive suspicion of acute coronary syndrome (ACS) at the ED between April 2016 and February 2020 were divided into 2 groups based on PET availability. The proportion of invasive coronary angiography (ICA) without significant coronary artery disease (CAD), length of stay (LoS), and additional downstream testing were evaluated.

Results

There were 21,242 ED visits for CP without definitive ACS: 5,492 when PET is not available and 15,750 when P

SUBMITTER: Shaukat Ali A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8865882 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature