Value of definitive diagnostic testing in the evaluation of patients presenting to the emergency department with chest pain

Shoyeb, Abu; Bokhari, Sabahat; Sullivan, Jennifer; Hurley, Eileen; Miesner, Bernadette; Pia, Raffaela; Giglio, James; Sayan, Osman R; Soto, Lucy; Chiadika, Simbo; LaMarca, Cristina; Rabbani, LeRoy E; Bergmann, Steven R

doi:10.1016/S0002-9149(03)00390-4

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Volume 91, Issue 12 , Pages 1410-1414, 15 June 2003

Value of definitive diagnostic testing in the evaluation of patients presenting to the emergency department with chest pain

Abu Shoyeb, MD
- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, College of Physicians & Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA
Sabahat Bokhari, MD
- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, College of Physicians & Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA
Jennifer Sullivan, RN, MA, CS-ACNP
- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, College of Physicians & Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA
Eileen Hurley, RN, MA, CS-ANP
- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, College of Physicians & Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA
Bernadette Miesner, RN
- Division of Emergency Services, New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New York, USA
Raffaela Pia, RNC, MS, CCRN
- Division of Emergency Services, New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New York, USA
James Giglio, MD
- Division of Emergency Services, New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New York, USA
Osman R Sayan, MD
- Division of Emergency Services, New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New York, USA
Lucy Soto, MD, MBA
- Division of Emergency Services, New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New York, USA
Simbo Chiadika, MD
- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, College of Physicians & Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA
Cristina LaMarca, RN, MA
- Division of Emergency Services, New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New York, USA
LeRoy E Rabbani, MD
- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, College of Physicians & Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA
Steven R Bergmann, MD, PhD
- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, College of Physicians & Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA
- Address for reprints: Steven R. Bergmann, MD, PhD, College of Physicians & Surgeons, Columbia University, Division of Cardiology, PH 10-405, 630 West 168th Street, New York, New York 10032, USA.