A randomized trial of exercise treadmill ECG versus stress SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging as an initial diagnostic strategy in stable patients with chest pain and suspected CAD: Cost analysis

[1] Detrano R(1989)The diagnostic accuracy of the exercise electrocardiogram: a meta-analysis of 22 years of research Prog Cardiovasc Dis 32 173-206

[2] Gianrossi R(1998)Use of a prognostic treadmill score in identifying diagnostic coronary disease subgroups Circulation 16 1622-30

[3] Froelicher V(1997)A reappraisal of exercise electrocardiographic indexes of the severity of ischemic heart disease: angiographic and scintigraphic correlates [published erratum appears in J Am Coll Cardiol 1997;30:1416] J Am Coll Cardiol 29 1497-504

[4] Shaw LJ(1995)Comparison of the sensitivity and specificity of exercise electrocardiography in biased and unbiased populations of men and women Am Heart J 130 741-7

[5] Peterson ED(1997)ACC/AHA Guidelines for Exercise Testing. A report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Committee on Exercise Testing) J Am Coll Cardiol 30 260-311

[6] Shaw LK(1999)Using an outcomes-based approach to identify candidates for risk stratification after exercise treadmill testing [see comments] J Gen Intern Med 14 1-9

[7] Kesler KL(2001)Sex differences in investigation results and treatment in subjects referred for investigation of chest pain Heart 85 149-52

[8] Delong ER(1994)Prognostic value of normal technetium-99m-sestamibi cardiac imaging J Nucl Med 35 554-7

[9] Harrell FEJ(1996)Exercise myocardial perfusion SPECT in patients without known coronary artery disease: incremental prognostic value and use in risk stratification Circulation 93 905-14

[10] Bogaty P(1999)Incremental prognostic value of post-stress left ventricular ejection fraction and volume by gated myocardial perfusion single photon emission computed tomography Circulation 100 1035-42

[1] Detrano R(1989)The diagnostic accuracy of the exercise electrocardiogram: a meta-analysis of 22 years of research Prog Cardiovasc Dis 32 173-206

[2] Gianrossi R(1998)Use of a prognostic treadmill score in identifying diagnostic coronary disease subgroups Circulation 16 1622-30

[3] Froelicher V(1997)A reappraisal of exercise electrocardiographic indexes of the severity of ischemic heart disease: angiographic and scintigraphic correlates [published erratum appears in J Am Coll Cardiol 1997;30:1416] J Am Coll Cardiol 29 1497-504

[4] Shaw LJ(1995)Comparison of the sensitivity and specificity of exercise electrocardiography in biased and unbiased populations of men and women Am Heart J 130 741-7

[5] Peterson ED(1997)ACC/AHA Guidelines for Exercise Testing. A report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Committee on Exercise Testing) J Am Coll Cardiol 30 260-311

[6] Shaw LK(1999)Using an outcomes-based approach to identify candidates for risk stratification after exercise treadmill testing [see comments] J Gen Intern Med 14 1-9

[7] Kesler KL(2001)Sex differences in investigation results and treatment in subjects referred for investigation of chest pain Heart 85 149-52

[8] Delong ER(1994)Prognostic value of normal technetium-99m-sestamibi cardiac imaging J Nucl Med 35 554-7

[9] Harrell FEJ(1996)Exercise myocardial perfusion SPECT in patients without known coronary artery disease: incremental prognostic value and use in risk stratification Circulation 93 905-14

[10] Bogaty P(1999)Incremental prognostic value of post-stress left ventricular ejection fraction and volume by gated myocardial perfusion single photon emission computed tomography Circulation 100 1035-42