Multislice CT in emergency room management of patients with chest pain and medium-low probability of acute coronary syndrome;La TC multislice nella gestione in urgenza del paziente con dolore toracico a medio-bassa probabilità di sindrome coronarica acuta

Radiologia Medica

Volumn 111, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1054-1063

  Olivetti, L ^a   Mazza, G ^a   Volpi, D ^a   Costa, F ^b   Ferrari, O ^b   Pirelli, S ^b  

^a Istituti Ospitalieri di Cremona   (Italy)

^b UO di Cardiologia   (Italy)

Author keywords

Coronarography; Coronary arteries; CT angiography; Multislice CT

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; MALE; OCCLUSION; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROBABILITY SAMPLE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STENOSIS; THORAX PAIN;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; CHEST PAIN; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY STENOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 33845906333     PISSN: 00338362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11547-006-0104-6     Document Type: Article

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