%0 Journal Article %A Farsi,, D. %A Mofidi,, M. %A Kianmehr,, N. %A Abbasi,, S. %A Zare,, M.A. %A Shaker,, H. %A Rezaee, M. %A Ashayeri, N. %T Assessment of the Role of Bedside Echocardiography in Predicting One-Month Outcome of the Patients with Low Risk Unstable Angina %J Razi Journal of Medical Sciences %V 15 %N 0 %U http://rjms.iums.ac.ir/article-1-1015-en.html %R %D 2008 %K 1) Chest Pain 2) Echocardiography 3) Low Risk Unstable Angina, %X Background & Aim: departments. Low risk patients can be discharged and receive outpatient treatment if clinical and paraclinical assays arenormal. The recommended pre-discharge evaluations are controversial. However, because of the availability and safety ofbedside echocardiography in emergency departments, we decided to conduct this study.Unstable angina accounts for about 30% of cardiovascular patients referred to emergencyPatients and Method: unstable angina and admitted to the Emergency Department of Hazrat Rasoul-e-Akram Hospital. All of the casesunderwent bedside echocardiography before their discharge. Calling the patients one month after their discharge, theiroutcomes were recorded. Then we made a comparison between echocardiographic findings and their one-monthoutcomes. The data were analyzed via SPSS software using statistical tests such as Fisher, Chi-square and t-test.This cohort study was done on 140 patients with chest pain who were diagnosed with low riskResults: cases) were male. The patients with abnormal echocardiographic findings, i.e. EF(Ejection Fraction) %> http://rjms.iums.ac.ir/article-1-1015-en.pdf %P 125-130 %& 125 %! %9 Research %L A-10-1-837 %+ %G eng %@ 2228-7043 %[ 2008