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Myocardial Infarction, Cocaine associated: Likelihood Ratios

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The likelihood ratios of findings for Myocardial Infarction, Cocaine associated are listed below. See the left navigation bar to change the display.

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Finding +LR-LR Comments, Study
Nuclear Perfusion Edit 1000

Rest myocardial perfusion imaging

Study: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10339678

1: Ann Emerg Med. 1999 Jun;33(6):639-45.

Myocardial perfusion imaging with technetium-99m sestamibi in patients with

cocaine-associated chest pain.

Kontos MC, Schmidt KL, Nicholson CS, Ornato JP, Jesse RL, Tatum JL.

Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Department of Emergency

Medicine, Medical College of Virginia/Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond,

VA, USA.

ST Elevation Edit 2.30.2

Study: no study specified.

Good Positive Likelihood Ratio

Finding +LR-LR Comments, Study
ECG Edit 3.30.7

Positive predictive value 17.9%

Negative predictive value 95.8%

Study: COCHPA study