What is your approach to determining the safety, appropriateness, and timing of SPECT or PET MPI in patients admitted with NSTEMI and who remain chest pain-free and hemodynamically stable?
Answer from: at Community Practice
Patients with NSTEMI who are stable should have a coronary angiogram as soon as possible. If an angiogram is not available or may be higher risk due to renal failure then a stress test is reasonable but it should be also be done as soon as possible. The goal is to revascularize a vulnerable plaque b...
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at Aurora Denver Cardiology Associates Pc A well established approach is to favor cath, in d...
at Cardiovascular Institute At Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Agree with Cath.
at University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine Anatomical diagnosis with LHC to detect and manage...
at Washington University School of Medicine I agree that LHC is appropriate for most patients ...
at Yale Medicine I agree with Dr. @Rich. Based on the literature an...
A well established approach is to favor cath, in d...
Agree with Cath.
Anatomical diagnosis with LHC to detect and manage...
I agree that LHC is appropriate for most patients ...
I agree with Dr. @Rich. Based on the literature an...