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Dobutamine Stress Echo Cuts Cost of Chest Pain Evaluation
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Title Dobutamine Stress Echo Cuts Cost of Chest Pain Evaluation
Url http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/565835?src=rss
Description Dobutamine-atropine stress echocardiography (DASE) is more cost effective than electrocardiographic exercise testing (EET) for the triage of low-risk patients presenting to the emergency department with acute chest pain, researchers report in the October issue of the American Journal of Cardiology. Reuters Health Information
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Date Nov 14, 2007
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