The use of CTA in the chest pain center: A perspective

Critical Pathways in Cardiology

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 87-93

  Achenbach, Stephan ^a,b   Ropers, Dieter ^a   Pohle, Falk Karsten ^a   Hoffmann, Udo ^a   Ferencik, Maros ^b   Cury, R ^b   Abbara, S ^b   Brady, Tom ^b   Daniel, Werner G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndrome; Computed tomography; Coronary angiography; Electron beam computed tomography

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ANGIOGRAPHY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTRON BEAM TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THORAX PAIN;

EID: 2942590906     PISSN: 1535282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.hpc.0000128719.73447.21     Document Type: Review

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