Early Assessment of Strain Echocardiography Can Accurately Exclude Significant Coronary Artery Stenosis in Suspected Non-ST-Segment Elevation Acute Coronary Syndrome

Article ID	Journal	Published Year	Pages	File Type
5609604	Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography	2014	8 Pages	PDF

Abstract

Myocardial strain by echocardiography may facilitate the exclusion of significant coronary artery stenosis among patients presenting with suspected NSTE-ACS with inconclusive electrocardiographic findings and normal cardiac biomarkers.

Keywords

ROC WMSI cTNT LVEF NSTE-ACS Emergency room electrocardiographic ECG echocardiography emergency department Left ventricular cardiac troponin T Global Registry of Acute Coronary Events GRACE Speckle-tracking non–ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndrome Acute coronary syndrome wall motion score index Myocardial strain left ventricular ejection fraction receiver operating characteristic

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Early Assessment of Strain Echocardiography Can Accurately Exclude Significant Coronary Artery Stenosis in Suspected Non-ST-Segment Elevation Acute Coronary Syndrome

Authors

Thomas MD, Sigve MD, BjÃ¸rnar MD, PhD, Christian MD, PhD, Benthe MD, PhD, Helge MD, PhD, Otto A. MD, PhD, Thor MD, PhD, Harald MD, PhD,