• Am. J. Cardiol. · Aug 2004

    Comparative Study

    Utility and diagnostic accuracy of hand-carried ultrasound for emergency room evaluation of chest pain.

    • Shaul Atar, Alexander Feldman, Aziz Darawshe, Robert J Siegel, and Tiberio Rosenfeld.
    • Department of Cardiology, Ha'Emek Medical Center, Afula, Israel. atar_sh@clalit.org.il
    • Am. J. Cardiol. 2004 Aug 1;94(3):408-9.

    AbstractThis study examined the utility and accuracy of immediate hand-carried echocardiography in patients presenting to the emergency room with chest pain and a normal or nondiagnostic electrocardiogram. Hand-carried echocardiography was highly concordant (kappa = 0.8) with troponin T tests as well as the discharge diagnosis of acute coronary syndrome, had a 100% sensitivity for the detection of acute coronary syndrome, 93% specificity, and 71% and 100% positive and negative predictive values, respectively.

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