Assessment of chest pain in the emergency room: What is the role of multidetector CT?

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 368-372

  White, Charles ^a   Read, Katrina ^b   Kuo, Dick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chest pain; Emergency department; Multidetector CT

Indexed keywords

CARDIOLOGY; EMERGENCY ROOMS; IMAGING SYSTEMS; MEDICAL IMAGING; PATIENT MONITORING; RADIOGRAPHY;

CHEST PAIN; EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT; MULTIDETECTOR CT;

MEDICAL PROBLEMS;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ANALYSIS; ANGINA PECTORIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY WARD; EXERCISE TEST; HUMAN; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCINTISCANNING; TECHNIQUE; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 32844472005     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2005.12.022     Document Type: Article

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