ECG-gated 64-MDCT angiography in the differential diagnosis of acute chest pain

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 188, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 76-82

  Johnson, Thorsten R C ^a   Nikolaou, Konstantin ^a   Wintersperger, Bernd J ^a   Knez, Andreas ^b   Boekstegers, Peter ^b   Reiser, Maximilian F ^a   Becker, Christoph R ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aorta; Cardiopulmonary imaging; CT coronary arteriography; Embolism; Emergency radiology

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ANGIOGRAPHY; AORTA; AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA DISSECTING ANEURYSM; AORTA DISSECTION; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART TUMOR; HIATUS HERNIA; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG ARTERY; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG METASTASIS; LUNG TUMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIASTINUM MASS; MEDIASTINUM TUMOR; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RATING SCALE; THORAX PAIN;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; ANGIOGRAPHY; AORTIC ANEURYSM; AORTOGRAPHY; ARTIFACTS; CHEST PAIN; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33845799180     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.05.1153     Document Type: Article

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