Coronary multidetector computed tomography in the assessment of patients with acute chest pain

Circulation

Volumn 114, Issue 21, 2006, Pages 2251-2260

  Hoffmann, Udo ^a,c   Nagurney, John T ^b   Moselewski, Fabian ^a,c   Pena, Antonio ^a   Ferencik, Maros ^a   Chae, Claudia U ^a   Cury, Ricardo C ^a   Butler, Javed ^a   Abbara, Suhny ^a   Brown, David F ^b   Manini, Alex ^b   Nichols, John H ^e   Achenbach, Stephan ^a,d   Brady, Thomas J ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Angina; Atherosclerosis; Imaging; Prognosis; Tomography

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; IODIXANOL;

ADULT; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; THORAX PAIN;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; CHEST PAIN; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY DISEASE; CORONARY STENOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SYNDROME; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33751346679     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.106.634808     Document Type: Article

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